Why looks vultures from Africa and North-America the same......

Subject: Why looks vultures from Africa and North-America the same......

Date: Tue Dec 1 05:53:42 1998
Posted by Stefan van den Berg
Grade level: undergrad
School: Hogeschool Delft
City: Wateringen State/Province: ZH
Country: Holland
Area of science: Evolution
ID: 912513222.Ev

Message:

Yesterday I saw a docu about vutures on Dutch television. The strange thing about vultures from the "new" and the "old" world is that they look the same, but they are no (close) relatives. The African vulture originates from the stork, while the American vulture originates from the eagle (am I right?) So my question is, how is it possible that they evolve seperated from each other to the same shape.

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