We are not alone in universe: Biologist

A leading biologist has claimed “we are not alone”, arguing that extra-terrestrials resembling humans must have evolved on other planets.

We are not alone in universe: Biologist

Evolutionary biologist Simon Conway Morris says that evidence that different species will independently develop similar features means that life similar to that on Earth would also develop on other, equivalent planets.

This theory, known as convergence, suggests that evolution is far from random but in fact a predictable process which follows a rigid set of rules.

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