The nonfunctional pelvis and hind limbs found in some snakes support which statement about evolution? Mutations tend to make species evolve to resemble other species in their environment. Snakes evolved from the same common ancestor as species in which these structures are functional. Selection pressures promoting snake evolution ceased before snake anatomy was well adapted. Snakes began to evolve these structures, but selection pressures did not favor them.

The nonfunctional pelvis and hind limbs found in some snakes support which statement about evolution? Mutations tend to make species evolve to resemble other species in their environment. Snakes evolved from the same common ancestor as species in which these structures are functional. Selection pressures promoting snake evolution ceased before snake anatomy was well adapted. Snakes began to evolve these structures, but selection pressures did not favor them.

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