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How does classification help in understanding evolutionary history?

  1. A
    It groups organisms based on similarities and differences
  2. B
    It focuses only on present-day species
  3. C
    It ignores ancestral relationships
  4. D
    It eliminates the need for fossil studies

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By grouping organisms based on shared traits (homologies), classification allows us to infer common ancestry and reconstruct the history of how life branched out over time.

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How does classification help in understanding evolutionary history?
A
It groups organisms based on similarities and differences
B
It focuses only on present-day species
C
It ignores ancestral relationships
D
It eliminates the need for fossil studies

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