Convergent Evolution on Earth
Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2025
Summary
An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.
Why does a sea lily look like a palm tree? And why is a sea lily called a “lily” when it is a marine animal and not a plant? Many marine animals bear a noticeable similarity in form to land-dwelling plants. And yet these marine animal forms evolved in the oceans first; land plants independently and convergently evolved similar forms much later in ge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262055826 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262055821 |
| Author: | George R. McGhee |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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George R. McGhee
George McGhee is Distinguished Professor of Paleobiology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University and a Member of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria. He is the author of Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful (MIT Press).
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