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Dictionary » A » Analogy AnalogyAnalogy (Science: biology) two anatomical structures or behavioural traits within different and unrelated organisms which perform the same functions in each organism but which did not originate from an ancestral structure or trait that the organisms ancestors had in common. Instead, the structures or traits arose separately and then later evolved to perform the same function (or similar functions). See: convergent evolution. Compare: homology. ![]()
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Results from our forumSpeciation among primates and hominids... bigger prey and mate with others of their kind and the chihuahua would eat, what, mice? And have offspring with other chihuahuas. Maybe a better analogy would've been a german shepherd and a wolf: we say they're two species, a dog and a wolf, but they can have offspring that are not sterile. ...
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Re: Why do you keep talking about species... habitat)....Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. (Ashley Montague) I did not say this. Another analogy would be apples and pears. They usually don't come from the same tree, but botanists have grafted trees that can bear different fruit (classification ...
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Looking for answers/input.... trying to understand, as you seem to be. The formation of any biological structure or physiological system is NOT a random process. Any attempted analogy with randomly joining letters to produce a sentence completely misses the mark. Evolution is "descent with modification", as Darwin ...
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