Q. The structural similarities between the flippers of whales and the arms of human are used to show that
A) Human species began life in the oceans
B) Human species and whales have a common ancestry
C) Whales are older than the human species
D) Whales evolved from the human species
Explanation
Comparing structural similarities is called comparative anatomy. The more similar two different species body structures are, the closer they evolutionary linked and the more recently they shared a common ancestor
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