Homoplasius features are often (but not always) adaptations by different lineages to similar environmental conditions. The correlation between a homoplasious character and the specific environment or niche shows the feature's adaptive significance. E.g. evolution of a long thin beak in different lineages of nectar-feeding birds.

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