Question

When we scientists say two species are more closely related, another way of saying it is they share a Response area common ancestor. more distantcloser

Answer 1

When scientists say that two species are more closely related, another way of expressing that is to say they share a **more recent common ancestor**. This means that the time since they diverged from their last common ancestor is shorter compared to species that are more distantly related, which would share an **older common ancestor**.