Article 5CQSC Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

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Isaac Schultz
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The extinct thylacine had the stripes of a tiger, the body of a canid, and the pouch of a kangaroo. These ill-fated, predatory marsupials are a classic example of convergent evolution, in which species independently evolve the same traits, and a new study breaks down just how remarkably similar Tasmanian tigers'...

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