Sugar gliders from Australia and flying squirrels from North America are not closely related mammals, but they do resemble one another in appearance and locomotion. This would illustrate the phenomenon of
A) founder effect
B) Homo Habilis
C) Latin binomial
D) Australopithecus Africanus
E) convergent evolution
F) Ardipithecus ramidus
G) Neanderthals
H) chimpanzees
I) Homo erectus
J) astragalus
Answer: E) convergent evolution
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4.
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