The answer is similarly; similar environments.
<span>Convergent evolution suggests different organisms evolved <u>similarly</u> due to <u>similar environments</u>. </span>
Convergent evolution is a phenomenon of independent evolution of
similar traits in species that are in different lineages. These traits are
similar in form or function but were not present in the last common ancestor of
those species.
There are many examples of convergent evolution among plants and
animals.
Among the plants, both cactus and euphorbia are succulent plants, have
spines, live in the deserts, but they belong to the different families.
Among the animals, dolphin, which is a mammal, is more similar to fish, than to other
mammals. Or, both birds and bat, which is the mammal, have wings.
So, all these
examples of convergent evolution suggest that the living in the similar
environmental conditions led to development of similar forms between distinct
species.
