Human embryos have tails, which become tail bones before birth. Tails also appear in fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Humans also have hair and produce milk to nourish the young, which is unique to mammals. What does this indicate?(1 point)

Question

Human embryos have tails, which become tail bones before birth. Tails also appear in fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Humans also have hair and produce milk to nourish the young, which is unique to mammals. What does this indicate?(1 point)
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a very distant evolutionary connection between humans and many other mammals
a very distant evolutionary connection between humans and many other mammals

a close evolutionary connection between humans and many other mammals
a close evolutionary connection between humans and many other mammals

a very distant evolutionary connection between humans and many other reptiles
a very distant evolutionary connection between humans and many other reptiles

a close evolutionary connection between humans and many other reptiles
a close evolutionary connection between humans and many other reptiles

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The presence of embryos with tails and features like hair and milk production indicates:

a close evolutionary connection between humans and many other mammals.

This is because the traits mentioned are characteristic of mammals, suggesting that humans share a more recent common ancestor with other mammals rather than reptiles or other classes of animals.