Question
How can skulls be used to determine ancestry?
5 points
• By extracting and growing DNA in the bone marrow.
Skulls can determine when an animal was alive.
Skulls reveal other features that indicate ancestry. All animals have openings for the
eyes and nostrils, but some groups have inherited additional skull openings.
Skulls are not helpful in determining ancestry for organisms.
Answer
By examining features such as skull openings and extracting and growing DNA in the bone marrow.