Why Is the Separate Types Hypothesis Considered So Unlikely by Most

question 31

Multiple Choice

Why is the separate types hypothesis considered so unlikely by most biologists?

• A) If different types of life evolved independently, it would be obvious in the fossil record.
• B) There are multiple similarities in all life at the cellular level that strongly suggest a common origin for all living things.
• C) The separate types model hypothesizes many changes in living things over time, while the fossil record suggests that few of these changes have occurred.
• D) The similarity in appearance in many living things suggests that there must have been only one common ancestor.

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