Terrestrial life emerged from the ocean multiple distinct times
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SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 79/100
Multiple independent lines of genomic and fossil evidence confirm that various animal lineages, particularly within arthropods, transitioned from aquatic to terrestrial environments across several distinct evolutionary events.
Evidence for · 4
Parallel Genomic Remodelling Associated With Independent Terrestrialization Events in Arthropods
2025 · cited by 3
Arachnida, Myriapoda, and Hexapoda represent independent terrestrialization events in arthropods.
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Parallel genomic remodeling associated with independent terrestrialization events in arthropods
2025 · cited by 0
Comparative genomics confirms that arthropods colonized land through multiple distinct, independent events.
A molecular palaeobiological exploration of arthropod terrestrialization.
2016 · cited by 0
Palaeobiological evidence highlights three separate Palaeozoic terrestrialization events for Myriapoda, Hexapoda, and Arachnida.
Handling and Use of Oxygen by Pancrustaceans: Conserved Patterns and the Evolution of Respiratory Structures.
2015 · cited by 0
Invaginations to form lungs or tracheae occurred independently multiple times across the Arthropoda to achieve terrestriality.