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The eyes have it

Nature volume 425, pages 767–768 (2003)Cite this article

Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

  • Simon Conway Morris
Cambridge University Press: 2003. 464 pp. £18.95, $30

Life's Solution builds a forceful case for the predictability of evolutionary outcomes, not in terms of genetic details but rather their broad phenotypic manifestations. The case rests on a remarkable compilation of examples of convergent evolution, in which two or more lineages have independently evolved similar structures and functions. The examples range from the aerodynamics of hovering moths and hummingbirds to the use of silk by spiders and some insects to capture prey.

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