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Specific spider species have evolved morphological mimicry resembling human facial features.
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Retrieved sources contain a question about whether a spider evolved to mimic a human face and arms, but do not provide definitive evidence to confirm or refute the claim.

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How did this spider evolve to mimic exactly a human face and arms?
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# How did this spider evolve to mimic exactly a human face and arms? Tags: evolution, arachnology - Score: 5 - Views: 3362 - Answers: 4 - Answered: yes - Asked by: Spacey (583 rep) - Asked: 2013-04-04 - Edited: 2013-07-30 - Site: biology ## Question So I came across something terribly amazing today, that is, a video showing this species of peacock-spider, that literally, transforms into a human face waving his arms about. What could have possibly given rise to this? I can understand the arms waving around, but why the uncanny human-face template, complete with eyes, nose, mouth, etc. I do not believe this to be a case of anthropomorphism on my part, (seeing what I am familiar with), because I cannot imagine any other natural case where such symmetry in a pattern would closely resemble a human face. Would appreciate any explanation. Thanks! ## Answers ### Answer by Alan Boyd (score: 15 [ACCEPTED]) I think this really is just a case of what you refer to in your question as anthropomorphism. We are very, very good at seeing faces. Here are some more examples. Addendum This site has pictures of quite a few peacock spiders, and as far as I can tell these are all the sam
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