Put simply, it doesn't. There really is no other reason, any archaeologist, paleontologist, geologist, or other professional in a field of artifact study will tell you that there is no "line" of creatures leading up to today's animals. For example humanoid skeletons where found conspicuously at the beginning of the Cambrian period and at no time before then, the only explanation for this is that an unaccounted for variable such as a "supernatural force" was present and not noticed
It simply highly suggests that all organisms going through this developmental phase have common ancestry, thus are related on the tree of life.
limbs wings legs arms and flippers
Simularities in DNA sequence
That evidence is homologous. Shared common ancestry. In this case you could trace this homology back as far as the common ancestor of gorillas and hominid fossils, or as far back as the emergence of all tetrapods.
Of common ancestry, though ontogeny does not recapitulate phylogeny, ontogeny, development, can create phylogeny.
Similarities in DNA sequences, anatomical structures, and developmental pathways provide evidence of a common ancestry among organisms. Additionally, the study of fossils and transitional forms help support the idea of evolution and common ancestry.
The strong evidence for the common ancestry of all vertebrates is THE SIMILARITY OF THEIR EMBRYOLOGICAL STAGES.
The DNA genetic code provides the best evidence of the common ancestry of life. Science has shown that there are many similarities between DNA sequences.
Simularities in DNA sequence
It simply highly suggests that all organisms going through this developmental phase have common ancestry, thus are related on the tree of life.
Embryology provides evidence for evolution by showing similarities in the early stages of development among different species. This suggests a common ancestry and interconnectedness of all living organisms.
Embryology provides evidence for evolution by showing similarities in the early stages of development among different species, suggesting a common ancestry. This supports the idea that organisms have evolved from a shared ancestor over time.
Scientists can study common ancestry through artifacts like fossils, genetic similarities, and anatomical structures in species. Fossils provide evidence of extinct species, genetic similarities show shared ancestry between organisms, and anatomical structures reveal common traits inherited from a common ancestor.
Many of their genes are the same.
fossil evidence :)
Embryology provides evidence for evolution by showing similarities in the early stages of development among different species. This suggests a common ancestry and supports the idea that organisms have evolved from a shared ancestor over time.
limbs wings legs arms and flippers