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Question
Observe the given images and answer the following questions.
- Which evolutionary evidence does it indicate?
- What does it prove?
- State another example of evolutionary evidence.
Solution
- The given picture indicates the morphological evidence of evolution.
- Morphological evidence is based on the similarity of size, shape or structure of organs among a group of organisms proving that they evolved from the same ancestor.
- Other examples of evolutionary evidence: Anatomical evidence, paleontological evidence, vestigial organs, embryological evidence, connecting links.
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