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Question:
For decades, scientists relied on the fossil record and comparative anatomy to assemble evolutionary lineages. Which statement describes a limitation of these methods?

Responses:

They are not reliable evidence of how the body structures of organisms evolved.

They are no longer relevant because the fossil record is complete.

They cannot be used to determine when species evolved.

They can show false relationships between organisms that are not reflected in the DNA.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They can show false relationships between organisms that are not reflected in the DNA.

Explanation: similar body structures can evolve independently (convergent evolution) or be lost/modified, so anatomy and fossils alone can misleadingly group unrelated species. DNA evidence helps resolve those cases and reveal true evolutionary relationships.