Question
mothy made the statement that the leg structure of many vertebrate animals can be used to explain their evolutionary ancestry because the number and location of bones is similar.
What evidence provides the BEST support for using the bone structure of vertebrate animals in establishing evolutionary ancestry?
• Molecular evidence because biological molecules can establish evolutionary ancestry.
Fossil evidence because fossils show how the bones of vertebrate species share a common ancestor.
• Biogeographical evidence because geographic distribution of organisms can demonstrate evolutionary relatedness.
• Comparative evidence because homologies show how similar structures in different organisms can be due to evolutionary relatedness.
Answer
Comparative evidence because homologies show how similar structures in different organisms can be due to evolutionary relatedness.