People studying fossils have to employ which of the following species concepts? a. The Morphospecies Concept b. The Biological Species Concept c. The Phylogenetic Species Concept d. The Physical Species Concept

People studying fossils have to employ which of the following species concepts? a. The Morphospecies Concept b. The Biological Species Concept c. The Phylogenetic Species Concept d. The Physical Species Concept

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Chapter12: Diversity Of Life

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People studying fossils have to employ which of the following species concepts?

	a.	The Morphospecies Concept
	b.	The Biological Species Concept
	c.	The Phylogenetic Species Concept
	d.	The Physical Species Concept

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