>>94802269
>And a whole bunch of other biologists have said the "convergent evolution" crowd are a bunch of wishful thinking retards. Its unclear which side is bigger or correct.
No doubt. Which is why you, as a non-biologist, are welcome to use either for science fiction.
>>94802295
>Sure, "a whole lot" doesn't have to extend as far as pic though.
But it can.

Anyone dismissing "it's humans in rubber masks, that's not sci-fi!" is wrong. Is the point. You can go other ways, too. But you can also go little green men with exactly as much scientific backing as when Alistair Reynolds or Herbert & Ransom go planet-spanning clonal kelp colonies.

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