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These are similar structures that animals may share in early development that come from a common ancestor. For example, if you were to take a look at chickens and turtles still in an egg, believe it or not they would look quite similar.

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Two species have homologous structures what do these homologous strcutures show about the evolutionary relationship between the two species?

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What does it mean when dinosaurs have homologous structure?

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