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प्रश्न
Differentiate between Convergent and divergent evolution.
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उत्तर
| Aspect | Connecting Links | Missing Links |
| Definition | Living animals that possess characters of two different groups, establishing continuity by showing how one group evolved from the other. | Extinct organisms that had characters of two different groups, helping to establish the evolutionary path. |
| Existence | Currently living organisms. | Extinct organisms (fossils). |
| Role | Show evolutionary relationship and continuity between groups. | Provide evidence about the transition and evolutionary history. |
| Examples | Lung fish (Protopterus) linking fish and amphibians; egg-laying mammals linking mammals and reptiles. | Archaeopteryx lithographica, showing reptilian and bird features. |
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