Chapter 11.4 GOT IT! Flashcards

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The hypothesis that all living organisms appeared independently of each other is rejected because evidence of ______ among them abound.

A

relationships

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The hypothesis that earth appeared around 10,000 years ago is rejected because of the evidence from _______ dating.

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Radiometric

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Support for the common ancestry of all living things includes the universality of the hereditary molecule _____.

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DNA

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Another piece of evidence that all living organisms share a common ancestor is the relationship between ______ and protein.

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DNA

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Consilience of evidence for common ancestry means that we refer to this understanding as the ______ of evolution.

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theory

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