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How evolutionists determine if two organisms share a common ancestor?
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Evolutionists determine that two organisms have a common ancestor is by looking at fossil evidence in different rock layers using the law of Superposition (Oldest layers are on the bottom, newest are on the top) and compare the skulls or other bones to each other in order of oldest to newest (or newest to oldest). Another way to determine this is to examine the amount of DNA a certain species shares with another species. An example of this would be that Humans share roughly 90% of our DNA with chimpanzees or the other Great Apes.
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What are clades A clade is a group of organisms consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants But doesn't every living thing have a common ancestor Please help Thanks?
Yes, all living things are just groups of organisms consisting of common ancestors and all their decendant's. Clades is just a word that means a group of organisms.
What does it mean for species to have an evolutionary relationship?
If two organisms share an evolutionary relationship, that means that they have a common ancestor on the evolutionary tree. The more recently the shared common ancestor lived, the more closely related the two present organisms are, evolutionarily.
Do organisms evolve slowly over time and can two different organisms have a common ancestor?
Yes they evolve slowly over time and a panda and raccoon have common ancestors.
What is the mating of two closely related individuals?
Organisms sharing a common ancestor are of common descent. The LUA , the last universal ancestor, lived 3.9 billion years ago.
Humans and gorillas have one different amino acid in their hemoglobin sequence. What does this say about the evolution of these two species?
Answer this question… They probably have a recent common ancestor.
Homologous structures in organisms suggest that the organisms?
common ancestor
What are Descendant organisms?
Descendant organisms are organisms that share many in common because they share a common ancestor.
Which organisms have possible common ancestor?
All of them
The fact that all organisms have DNA as their genetic material is evidence that?
We all current life has a single common ancestor.
How would you know if organisms shared a common ancestor?
The closer the DNA pattern (the nucleotide base pairing), the closer the species from a common ancestor.
Does the theory that organisms share a common ancestor is known as common descent?
Yes, that is true.
What is an evolutionary?
If two organisms share an evolutionary relationship, that means that they have a common ancestor on the evolutionary tree. The more recently the shared common ancestor lived, the more closely related the two present organisms are, evolutionarily.
What is the definition of ancestral trait?
An ancestral trait is a trait that is shared by a group of organisms and their common ancestor. It is a characteristic that has been inherited from a common ancestor and has been passed down through generations without change.
How do embryo help identify a common ancestor of different organisms?
we compared their bone.
How embryos help identify a common ancestor of different organisms?
we compared their bone.
How do evolutionists try to use the classification system to reinforce their worldview?
Evolutionists use the classification system to show the hierarchical relationships between organisms, highlighting the shared ancestry and evolutionary history among different species. By showcasing how organisms are grouped based on their shared characteristics, evolutionists argue that this classification system provides evidence for common descent and the process of evolution.
Which organisms represent the common ancestor of all photosynthetic plastids found in eukaryotes?
Cyanobacteria
