One Way of Establishing Whether a Character of an Extant

question 13

Multiple Choice

One way of establishing whether a character of an extant species is ancestral or derived is to locate a/an ______ and if the character occurs in both,it is likely ________.

• A)fossil,ancestral
• B)fossil,derived
• C)sister species,derived
• D)outgroup,ancestral

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Definitions:

Disjunctive Proposition

A statement formed by combining two or more propositions with the word "or," indicating that at least one of the propositions is true.

Hypothetical Proposition

A statement that suggests a possible situation or condition for further reasoning or speculation.

Standard Form

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Proposition

A statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion, which can be deemed true or false.