In Studies Involving the Molecular Clock,the Fossil Record

question 206

Multiple Choice

In studies involving the molecular clock,the fossil record

• A) tells us what ancestral organisms looked like.
• B) tells us where ancestral organisms lived.
• C) tells us which traits are ancestral and which are derived.
• D) provides calibration for the clock.
• E) Fossil data do not provide any information that could not be found with molecular clock studies.

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