An african game warden recently found several rhinoceros tusks. because rhinos are endangered, all animals are tracked and the warden knows which animals live in the wild and which live in captivity. the warden suspected that poachers had stolen several captive rhinos and killed them for their tusks. the warden took the tusks with attached tissue for dna analysis to determine if the rhinos were stolen from the preserve and if he could prosecute the poachers.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes convergent evolution? the process in which two similar species evolve separately from each other and share similar characteristics the process in which a single species evolves into two or more new species the process in which two entirely different species evolve in response to each other the process in which two different species evolve separately from each other but still share similar characteristics