Pythons have small leg bones buried in their tail muscles. What can scientists conclude from this observation?

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Pythons descended from an animal with legs.
Pythons descended from an animal with legs.

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.
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The most reasonable conclusion from the observation that pythons have small leg bones buried in their tail muscles is:

Pythons descended from an animal with legs.

This suggests an evolutionary link to ancestors that had limbs, supporting the idea of vestigial structures in modern pythons.