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Why do many vertebrates have the same kinds of bones arranged little differently?
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∙ 8y ago
They are the result of slight changes in the genetic information that produces them.
Due basically to their common ancestry. Evolution just builds on the past and does not innovate when it can tinker, So, the closer the ancestry is the closer the skeletal arrangement will be.
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Why do many vertebrates have the kind of bones arranged a little differently?
They are the result of slight changes in the genetic information that produces them.Due basically to their common ancestry. Evolution just builds on the past and does not innovate when it can tinker, So, the closer the ancestry is the closer the skeletal arrangement will be.
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it lets humans do triple backflips. Try it!
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All reptiles, birds, and mammals have the same set of bones in their pelvis, although they may be arranged slightly differently. There are a total of three pairs of bones in the pelvis. These are the two illium, the two ischium, and the two pubis bones.
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bones
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