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What is the principle that states that all species have descended from a common ancestor?
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∙ 12y ago
yes, theses ancestors are called common decent
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When the internal strucure of two species are very similar what can be inferred about both species?
They evolved from a common ancestor.
The principle that all species were derived from common ancestors is known as?
The principle that all species were derived from common ancestors is known as Common descent.
Darwin's claim that all of life descended from a common ancestor is best supported with evidence from?
molecular biology
What does monophyletic group consist of?
A group of species that consists of a common ancestor and all of its descendants (also referred to as a clade).
What term is used to describe structures that come from a common ancestor?
A taxon of closely related species that share a recent common ancestor is a genus.
What does the principle of common descent imply about humans?
Apes and humans descended from the same common ancestor.
The occurrence of the same blood protein in a group of species provides evidence that these species?
descended from a common ancestor
What is a common ancestor?
a common ancestor is a species that multiple species share as the species they descended froma person born or that has lived before you and the word common means the same SO ....... its when you have the same descendant or person who lived before you or an ancestor that's the same
What explains the distribution of finch species on the Galapagos Islands?
They had descended with modification from a common mainland ancestor.
Is it rue that humans have not descended from chimpanzees but do have a common ancestor with them?
Yes, that's correct. Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor that lived several million years ago. While humans and chimpanzees have diverged along separate evolutionary paths since then, they still share a significant amount of genetic material due to their common ancestry.
Who is the cousin of the cheetahs?
The closest related species of the cheetah are the cougar and jaguarundi. They all descended from a common ancestor.
What does it mean when two species share a common ancestor?
An ancestor.
Similar structures that related species have inherited from common ancestor.?
what is Similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor
What are the relatives of a cheetah only?
The closest living species related to the cheetah are the cougar and the jaguarundi. All are descended from a common ancestor in North America.
Do people dissect chimpanzees?
We are not directly descended from chimpanzees, we share a common ancestor.
When the internal strucure of two species are very similar what can be inferred about both species?
They evolved from a common ancestor.
Are the chicken and the t-rex related?
Yes, they share a common ancestor. The group that contains the chicken, the T. rex, their common ancestor, and all the species that descended from that ancestor is called Coelurosauria.
