Evidence of Evolution

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Studying the similarities in organisms development

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Embryology

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Collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock.

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the fossil record

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Similar structures with different purposes found in different species are known as _____

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homologous structures

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The picture shows a/an ___________

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vestigial structure

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What is this an example of?

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Analogous structure

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The bones in the figure above are-

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Evidence of a common ancestor

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Genome maps provide the DNA sequences of chromosomes. Some scientists have compared the genome maps of a hedgehog and a sloth. What do these genome maps allow the scientists to determine?

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How closely related the two species are to each other.

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What conclusion can you draw from the fact that many modern whale species have vestigial pelvic and leg bones?

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The ancestors of whales may have been land mammals

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence

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The diagram illustrates an embryonic stage of two organisms. What can be determined by observing the embryos?

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The organisms share a common ancestry.