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Question : How are the areas of study-evolution and classification interlinked? |
| Answer» Solution :Characteristics of organisms refer to the details of their external and internal appearance or behaviour that distinguish them from one ANOTHER. These characteristics of organisms ALSO form the BASIS for the classification of organisms. The more characteristics two species have in common, the more closely they are related. And the more closely they are related the more recently they will have had a common ANCESTOR. By identifying hierarchies of characteristics between species, we can work out the EVOLUTIONARY relationships of the species we see around us. Thus, we can appreciate that classification of species is in fact reflection of their evolutionary relationship. | |