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Fossils (Evidence of Evolution) — Overview & Examples

By Sarah Morgan
The image shows two phylogenetic trees. Tree A has a brown-green bug that abruptly splits off into orange and teal bugs, which then both abruptly split off into red and yellow bugs and then green and blue bugs, respectively. Tree B has a gradual change in color across two branching segments, from brown-green to orange and teal, to lighter orange and teal, and then to pink and yellow and green and blue, respectively.

You are studying the development of a set of species. Above are two prospective charts of their evolution. Correctly match the charts to the type of evolution.

Choose one answer

Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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