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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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• It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
• It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows causation.
• It is a transitional fossil that shows causation.
• It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows correlation.
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It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
Reason: the fossil has mixed traits (land-animal body, whale-like head and ear bone), so it’s an intermediate form supporting an evolutionary link. That provides correlational evidence for ancestry, not direct proof of causation.
Reason: the fossil has mixed traits (land-animal body, whale-like head and ear bone), so it’s an intermediate form supporting an evolutionary link. That provides correlational evidence for ancestry, not direct proof of causation.
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