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Pythons have small leg bones buried in their tail muscles. What can scientists conclude from this observation?
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The leg bones help pythons move.
The leg bones help pythons move.
Future generations of pythons will have legs.
Future generations of pythons will have legs.
The leg bones will not be passed down to future generations.
The leg bones will not be passed down to future generations.
Pythons descended from an animal with legs.
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The leg bones help pythons move.
The leg bones help pythons move.
Future generations of pythons will have legs.
Future generations of pythons will have legs.
The leg bones will not be passed down to future generations.
The leg bones will not be passed down to future generations.
Pythons descended from an animal with legs.
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GPT-4o mini
Based on the observation that pythons have small leg bones buried in their tail muscles, scientists can conclude: **Pythons descended from an animal with legs.**
This conclusion supports the idea of evolutionary descent from ancestors that possessed legs, indicating that these vestigial structures are remnants of their evolutionary past.
This conclusion supports the idea of evolutionary descent from ancestors that possessed legs, indicating that these vestigial structures are remnants of their evolutionary past.