All of the Following Statements Concerning the Evolutionary Species Concept

question 15

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements concerning the evolutionary species concept are true EXCEPT

• A) an abrupt change in the diagnostic traits of fossils is indicative of the evolution of a new species.
• B) fossils are considered to be members of the same species if they possess the same diagnostic traits.
• C) certain structural traits, called diagnostic traits, are used to distinguish one species from another.
• D) members of a species may actually have quite dissimilar evolutionary pathways.

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