Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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Chapter 11, Problem 5LTB
The theory of common descent states that all modem organisms ___________.
- can change in response to environmental change:
- descended from a single common ancestor;
- descended from one of many ancestors that originally arose on Earth;
- have not evolved;
- can be arranged in a hierarchy from “least evolved” to “most evolved”
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