Question

The shark is a fish while the dolphin is a mammal. These are two completely different types of animals, but they have similar characteristics due to their similar dwellings. These animals may have evolved their similarities by _____.
adaptive radiation
convergent evolution
divergent evolution
coevolution

Answer 1

Answer:

Convergent evolution

Explanation:

• When the organisms in the course of evolution, evolve to develop traits that are similar to each other even though they are not closely related to each other then such type of evolution is known as convergent evolution.
• Since both shark and dolphin are not closely related to each other but their characteristics have developed similarly because they have occupied similar habitats their evolution is convergent in nature.