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The wings of a bat and the wings of a bird are an example of convergent evolution. true or false

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True. Both serve the same function and are similar in structure, but each evolved independently.

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Birds and bats have homologous limbs because they are both ultimately derived from terrestrial tetrapods, but their flight mechanisms are only analogous, so their wings are examples of functional convergence.

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