Which of the following is false concerning the evidence for evolution? Vestigial structures are a reduced structure or organ that was once useful to an ancestral species. The more closely related two species are, the fewer DNA base differences there is. In radiometric dating, fossils with more stable elements are younger than fossils with radioactive elements. Species that share a common ancestry will have homologous structures.

Which of the following is false concerning the evidence for evolution? Vestigial structures are a reduced structure or organ that was once useful to an ancestral species. The more closely related two species are, the fewer DNA base differences there is. In radiometric dating, fossils with more stable elements are younger than fossils with radioactive elements. Species that share a common ancestry will have homologous structures.

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Chapter23: Principles Of Evolution

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Problem 4SQ: The fossil record of evolution correlates with evidence from ______. a. the geologic record b....

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