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submitted 2 months ago by just_another_person to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

This shouldn’t be surprising. There are only so many ways to productively arrange organic compounds, and convergent evolution is well-known.

Given similar environmental pressure, immeasurable responses will be tried, and the most effective ones will self-select.