You and your friend inspect a group of fossils from different organisms with various features. Your friend is convinced that all the fossils are unrelated, but you find evidence that these organisms share an ancestor. What is example of evidence that you could use to best support this argument.

Question

You and your friend inspect a group of fossils from different organisms with various features. Your friend is convinced that all the fossils are unrelated, but you find evidence that these organisms share an ancestor. What is example of evidence that you could use to best support this argument.

a. number of bones
b. patterns in limb structures
c. tooth features
d. heights

Answer 1

b. patterns in limb structures

By comparing the limb structures of the different organisms in the fossils, you may be able to identify similar patterns that suggest a common ancestor. Limb structures can provide important information about evolutionary relationships and shared ancestry among different organisms.