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an example of convergent evolution

Submitted by jrlewis on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 4:49pm.
An exchange with a friend this week, reminded me of my own intellectual evolution.  My friend and I have diametrically opposed tastes in literature.  Over the years, we have discovered that books by my favorite author give her nightmares.  Her favorite novels annoy me so much that no one wants to be nearby when I am reading one.  We thought we had dramatically divergent interests in literature, until this week.  We discovered that we both love Tobias Wolff, an instance of convergence in our literary preferences.  Convergent evolution can be created by development of certain traits to better adapt organisms to the environment.  Perhaps something in my environment influenced my taste in writers?  Possibly what we have been working on in this course? 

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