In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution is referred to as convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages. For example, a number of marsupials, each different from the other evolved from an ancestral stock, but all within the Australian island continent. Also, marsupials in Australia resemble placental mammals in the rest of the world, they evolved in isolation after Australia separated from other continents.
In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as
NEET UG 2019 — Zoology Evolution
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In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as
Official previous-year question
Held on 30 Apr 2019 · Verified 9 Jul 2026.
Options
- A
adaptive radiation
- B
divergent evolution
- C
cyclical evolution
- D
convergent evolution
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