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Convergent Evolution Upends Honeyeaters' Taxonomy

Posted by kdawson on from the whole-new-family dept.

grrlscientist writes in with a beautiful piece of science, beautifully explicated. The poignant bit is that the birds in question are all extinct. "Every once in awhile, I will read a scientific paper that astonishes and delights me so much that I can hardly wait to tell you all about it. Such is the situation with a newly published paper about the Hawai'ian Honeyeaters. In short, due to the remarkable power of convergent evolution, Hawai'ian Honeyeaters have thoroughly deceived taxonomists and ornithologists as to their true origin and identity for more than 200 years."

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  1. How can you think about birds? Pay attention! by Gizzmonic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Forget about those concepts of evolution and those widdle cutey birds, because you're COVERED WITH SCORPIONS? Covvverrrred with scorpions!

    You will now do my bidding. Give me all your lunch money!

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  2. Re:Predictive power of evolution! by maxume · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You bastard! I wanted 22994.

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