3.If a gap in the fossil record exists between ancient and modern forms of a species, which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion?
A. The gap indicates that gradualism must have occurred for the species to evolve from ancient to modern form.***
B. The gap indicates that punctuated equilibrium must have occurred for the species to evolve from the ancient to the modern form.
C. No conclusions can be drawn because fossils connecting the ancient and modern forms may exist but have not yet been discovered.
D. With no fossils to show connection between the ancient and modern forms, evolution has been disproven.
4.What do scientist NOW think about the pace of evolutionary change?
A. Gradualism best explains the pace of evolutionary change.
B. Punctuated equilibrium best explains the pace of evolutionary change.
C. A combination of both gradualism and punctuated equilibrium best explains the pace of evolutionary change.***
D. Neither gradualism nor punctuated equilibrium explains the pace of evolutionary change, and a new hypothesis is needed.
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