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Why are vestigial structures not removed by natural selection

Vestigial structures do not harm the organism. Nature selects against only harmful traits.

How is radioactive dating important for providing evidence for evolution

It tells you when the animal that made a fossil was alive.

Radio carbon dating proves scientifically the age of a given material. If a fossil is found embedded in material that is x number of years old and a similar fossil is found x number of years older or younger then we can surmise the evolution of that species. There are thousands of examples of theoretical evolution using this method.

Why are archaea in a different domain from bacteria

They are thought to have separate paths of evolutionary development.

They developed along different evolutionary paths.

They had independent evolutionary development.

A paleontologist finds a plant fossil that shows that the plant had seeds What can the paleontologist conclude

it was a land plant.

What groups is the smallest level of classification

genus

How does a specimen collection help a scientist do an experiment

The collection of a specimen is helpful for any scientist doing an experiment as it will provide them with an organism that they can use to conduct various tests and calculations on.

What are the two primary factors that sometimes cause the Colorado river to run compeletely dry before reaching the gulf of California

A population of animals is split in half by a river before spectation is complete the two halves are rejoined when a drought casues the river to run dry how would this impact the two population

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