Which animal below do you expect to be closest to humans on a phylogenetic tree?(1 point)

Question

Responses

peacock
peacock

elephant
elephant

alligator
alligator

earthworm

Answer 1

elephant

Answer 2

why?

Answer 3

Elephants are more closely related to humans than peacocks or alligators in terms of their evolutionary history. Elephants and humans both belong to the same biological classification group called mammals, while peacocks and alligators belong to different groups (birds and reptiles, respectively). This shared classification as mammals indicates a closer genetic relationship between elephants and humans, placing them closer on the phylogenetic tree.