Phrenotopia | Convergent Evolution Beyond Earth? | Other Worlds #3 @Phrenotopia | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
What would an alien species look like? Envisioning alien intelligent life has always been a very popular trope of science fiction, but its realism remains a vexing question. What might they look like physically? Convergent evolution is often invoked to account for visions of oddly similar aliens and the fauna and flora of their home planets, but it's not without its issues.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Serendipity and Convergence
3:19 Convergent Evolution
6:26 Parallel Evolution
9:28 Divergence
11:22 Concluding thoughts & Outro
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What would an alien species look like? Envisioning alien intelligent life has always been a very popular trope of science fiction, but its realism remains a vexing question. What might they look like physically? Convergent evolution is often invoked to account for visions of oddly similar aliens and the fauna and flora of their home planets, but it's not without its issues.
Patreon: patreon.com/phrenotopia
Website: phrenotopia.com
Twitter: twitter.com/Phrenotopian
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Serendipity and Convergence
3:19 Convergent Evolution
6:26 Parallel Evolution
9:28 Divergence
11:22 Concluding thoughts & Outro
CREDITS (under construction):
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REFERENCES (under construction):
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