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 a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows causation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows causation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows causation.
It is a transitional fossil that shows causation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows correlation.
It is not a transitional fossil, but it shows correlation.
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The statement that is likely true about the fossil is:
It is a transitional fossil that shows correlation.
Transitional fossils are those that exhibit traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group. In this case, the fossil shows characteristics of both land mammals and whales, indicating an evolutionary transition. Correlation refers to the relationship between different forms; the fossil correlates with the evolutionary lineage from land mammals to modern whales.
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