A fossil indicates that whales might have started out as small land mammals. This animal was about the size of a wolf and had a diet of meat and fish. While the fossil has the body of a land animal, its head is shaped like a whale with an ear bone that is unique to whales.
Which statement is likely true about the fossil?
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Responses
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows causation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows causation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows causation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows causation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows correlation.
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The likely true statement about the fossil is:
It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
This is because the fossil exhibits characteristics that connect both land mammals and whales, indicating an evolutionary relationship. Transition fossils typically display traits of both ancestral and descendant species, leading to correlations in the evolutionary lineage.
