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Leaves have evolved at least twice 🤔 (mander.xyz)
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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 28 points 22 hours ago

I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 13 hours ago

Add flying fish to that.

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.

[-] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they've convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!

[-] Geodad@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

Also pterosaur wings.

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