convergent evolution

Culture

How Mushrooms Evolved the Same Psychedelic Power

Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, evolved independently in two distinct mushroom lineages through convergent evolution. After decades of…

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Health

Ant-Eating Mammals: A One-Way Dietary Evolution

Obligate myrmecophagy, the exclusive diet of ants and termites, has evolved independently at least twelve times in mammals over the…

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