Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a result of convergent evolution to useful traits. But is such convergence to the human form or mind likely with ...

It is, as evolutionary biologists call it, convergent evolution — nature arriving ... “It’s a kind of alien life,” said Victoria Heath, who chronicled these strange creatures for ...

Since DNA is the building block of life, convergent evolution starts at the level of DNA. Mutations in an individual’s DNA can result in a trait that makes them better suited to their environment.

This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...