Which statement best supports the inference that the ancestors of modern-day elephants had no trunks or tusks and were the size of pigs?

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Population size tends to remain stable from generation to generation.
Population size tends to remain stable from generation to generation.

Evolutionary change is always rapid and continuous.
Evolutionary change is always rapid and continuous.

Geographic isolation rarely favors speciation in small populations.
Geographic isolation rarely favors speciation in small populations.

Existing life forms have evolved from earlier life forms.

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The statement that best supports the inference that the ancestors of modern-day elephants had no trunks or tusks and were the size of pigs is:

Existing life forms have evolved from earlier life forms.

This statement indicates that modern elephants have evolved from earlier ancestors, which implies that they may have had different physical characteristics, such as lacking trunks and tusks and being smaller in size, similar to pigs.