The evolution of saber teeth in a number of groups of extinct carnivorous mammals is an example of
A)homoplasy caused by convergence.
B)homoplasy caused by common descent.
C)homoplasy caused by evolutionary reversal.
D)homology caused by convergence.

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The evolution of saber teeth in different groups of extinct carnivorous mammals is an example of homoplasy caused by convergence, where similar traits evolve independently in different lineages due to similar selective pressures, not because of a common ancestor.

The Evolution of Saber Teeth in a Number of Groups