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abern

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Occam's Razor states that one should start with more complex hypotheses and work towards simpler ones.
 
  a. True
  b. False

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Which of the following best defines the concept of ancestral characters?
 
  a. traits shared between species due to a shared evolutionary history
  b. analogous traits shared by unrelated species
  c. traits shared due to convergent evolution
  d. features that a species possesses that distinguish them from all related species


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tsternbergh47

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer b

Answer to Question 2

Answer a


abern

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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