A&O – EVOLUTION – Analogy and Homology

ART & ORGANISM

DEEP ETHOLOGY

EVOLUTION

 

analogy and homology

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The shared past of a trait, no matter how superficially dissimilar,  or the current similarities of a trait, even when there is no shared evolutionary past, can tell us much about the developmental processes, environments to which they have accommodated over their deep history, and  as yet unsuspected physiological substrate.  

HOMOLOGYrefers to a connectedness through shared ancestry …  a deep, possibly profound relatedness between phenomena that may not be obvious as they are presently manifest. 

HOMOLOGY and ANALOGY in evolutionary theory