Question

Tasmanian wolf and placental wolf appear similar due to:

• A. Chemical evolution
• B. Divergent evolution
• C. Biochemical evolution
• D. Convergent evolution

Answer 1

The correct option is D Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the presence of similar features in animals of different lineages. The structures in these animals have similar functions but absent in the common ancestors and hence they are analogous structures and not homologous. The Tasmanian wolf and the placental wolf have several morphological similarities but they have unrelated ancestral lineages. Hence, they show convergent evolution.