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Tigers and crocodiles are more closely related than tigers and sharks.
Which statement about shared characteristics best supports this statement?
Crocodiles and sharks both live in water.
Crocodiles and tigers are both made of cells.
Crocodiles and tigers both have four legs.
Sharks and tigers are both meat eaters.
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"Crocodiles and tigers both have four legs."
Explanation: Having four limbs is a shared, specific structural trait (a homologous characteristic) that indicates a closer evolutionary relationship (both are tetrapod amniotes). The other statements describe very general or convergent traits (cells, living in water, or diet) that don't reliably show close common ancestry.
Explanation: Having four limbs is a shared, specific structural trait (a homologous characteristic) that indicates a closer evolutionary relationship (both are tetrapod amniotes). The other statements describe very general or convergent traits (cells, living in water, or diet) that don't reliably show close common ancestry.
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