EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
11th Edition
ISBN: 8220100545931
Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 23, Problem 4SQ
The fossil record of evolution correlates with evidence from ______.
- a. the geologic record
- b. radiometric dating
- c. comparing development patterns and morphology
- d. comparative biochemistry
- e. all of the above
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