Simon Conway Morris – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:01:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Evolutionary Biologist Suggests Aliens Look Like Us https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/evolutionary-biologist-suggests-aliens-look-like-us Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:00:41 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=15263 According to the reputable Australian astro-enthusiast journal, SkyNews, a leading biologist says that it is surprising we have not already discovered extra-terrestrials that look like us — given the growing number of Earth-like planets now discovered by astronomers.

Planet_moonSimon Conway Morris, an evolutionary biologist suggests that aliens resembling humans must have evolved on other planets. He bases the claim on evidence that different species will independently develop similar features which means that life similar to that on Earth would also develop on equivalent planets.

The theory, known as convergence, says evolution is a predictable process which follows a rigid set of rules. Read the full story at Skynews

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