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The hearts of birds and mammals, which have four chambers, are accurately classified as homoplasies. In evolutionary terms, homoplasies refer to traits that are shared across different species, even though their common ancestors lacked these traits entirely. To illustrate, both bird and bat wings perform a similar function of enabling flight, yet these structures evolved separately without being present in their ancestors. Consequently, while birds and mammals each have a four-chambered heart, their predecessors only possessed three chambers. This independent evolution exemplifies homoplasy.
