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Do organisms evolve slowly over time and can two different organisms have a common ancestor?
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Yes they evolve slowly over time and a panda and raccoon have common ancestors.
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How might evolution theory account for this phenomenon?
Evolutionary theory can account for the phenomenon of a new species. This is because different species can evolve from a common ancestor.
A pattern of evolution in which slightly different species evolve from one common ancestor?
Phylogenesis, a form of branching evolution that is, usually, allopactric speciation.Anagenesis is the process of one species changing over time and not branching out from common ancestry. Perhaps sympatric in nature.
Why do scientist think related species have similar body structures and development patterns?
Why do scientists think related species have similar body structures and development patterns?
Why are all organisms different?
Organisms differ because their DNA differs from one species to another, and from one member of each species to another. Organisms differ because according to 'Darwinian science' creatures evolve to fill niches of ecological web. In other words, when species evolve it is to become better adapted to their environment, have a greater aptitude at surviving and then feed on what used to be its predators- who in turn adapt to survive. As this system progresses entropy increases causing an ever increasing diversity of life-forms.
When unrelated organisms live in similar environments they can evolve similar structures by chance This is called evolution . a. random b. artificial c. convergent d.divergent?
This is known as convergent evolution.An easy way to remember this is that they are converging....which I tend to link to becoming the same.To me this automatically states that they were different organisms to begin with. :)
How might evolution theory account for this phenomenon?
Evolutionary theory can account for the phenomenon of a new species. This is because different species can evolve from a common ancestor.
What did the Ptarmigan evolve from?
From grouse-alike bird, common ancestor of ptarmigans, grouses and capercaillies.
Did monkeys?
Yes, monkeys and all other primates, including humans, share a common ancestor. Animals and other organisms evolve because they need to be better adapted to the conditions they are faced with in order to survive.
What did the kingdom animals evolve from?
Animals in the kingdom Animalia evolved from simple multicellular organisms around 600 million years ago. Their evolutionary path can be traced back to a common ancestor shared with other multicellular organisms like sponges and jellyfish.
Did humans evolve from chimps?
No. Both groups evolved from a common ancestor, which was neither a chimp nor a human.
If fish evolved into amphibians and we still have fish today then did some fish just no evolve?
To evolve from common ancestors is the way of evolutionary processes. Not so much in a linear fashion as in a " bushy " fashion. All organisms are evolving at all times and every organism is transitional. A common ancestor of lobe finned fishes gave rise to the amphibians and the lobe finned fishes we see today. One did not proceed in a linear fashion from the other, but both arose from a common ancestor.
How can 2 organisms have the same ancestor?
It's a complicated answer. Every living organism on the planet can trace its roots all the way back to one organism -primitive precambrian bacteria. A colony of bacteria was probably separated into two colonies which were then isolated. Both groups were probably faced with different environmental challenges. Only the bacteria with the adaptations that kept them from dying survived long enough to split themselves and reproduce. That's how evolution works. Every time a group of organisms is isolated and each one is relocated in has different environmental factors, only the ones with the right stuff will make it. Eventually the separate groups will evolve into completely different species as their helpful adaptations are amplified through the generations, but the original group from which they both came is their common ancestor. I'm not sure if I explained that clearly enough, but that is how different organisms share a common ancestor.
What does it mean when organisms evolve?
they change in ways or mutate in to a different form.
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.
How monkeys form humans?
Monkeys do not directly evolve into humans. However, humans and monkeys do share a common ancestor. Over millions of years, evolutionary processes led to the development of different species, with humans evolving separately from monkeys. The evolutionary path that led to modern humans involved significant changes in brain size, tool use, and social behavior.
What are you evolved from?
Well people say that humans evolve from monkeys but life on Earth has evolved through billions of years through small microorganism's. Also humans didn't evolve from apes, we evolved from a common ancestor but we just evolved in a different way to apes due to environment e.g. food, predators etc
Did humans evolve yes or no?
yes all animals evolved from a "common ancestor" and are still evolvingrelationships between all animals are summarised in "trees of life" that propose possible scenaris of evolution according to available scientific datas.You can visualise on them when divergence occured between animals from a common ancestor
