An Anthropologist Discovers the Fossilised Heart of an Extinct Animal

question 8

Multiple Choice

An anthropologist discovers the fossilised heart of an extinct animal. The evidence indicates that the organism's heart was large, was well-formed, and had four chambers, with no connection between the right and left sides. A reasonable conclusion supported by these observations is that the ________.

• A) animal had evolved from birds
• B) animal was endothermic and had a high metabolic rate
• C) animal was most closely related to alligators and crocodiles
• D) species had little to no need to regulate blood pressure

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