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The Concordance of the Two Great Patterns in the History

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The concordance of the two great patterns in the history of life-the branching order of the tree of life and the sequence of forms in the fossil record-is powerful evidence in support of the theory of evolution. Give an imaginary example of evidence from a comparison of phylogeny and fossils that would DISPROVE the theory of evolution.


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