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Homologous structures
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Body structures that are found in similar patterns in many organisms.
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Vestigial Structure
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Body parts that have no apparent function, but resemble useful body parts of another organism.
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Cladograms
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The gram that shows the evolutionary relationships among organisms.
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Analogous Structures
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A structure that has the same function but different construction and was NOT inherited from a common ancestor.
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Fossil Record
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The chronological order of fossils found by comparing older rock layers with fossils from newer rock layers.
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Geographic Distribution
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Similar animals in different locations were the product of different lines of evolutionary descent. Indicates that these animals have common ancestral species
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Embryonic Development
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When embryos and fetuses of different species show similar characteristics which grow and change into pre- programmed organisms as gestation continues.
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Biochemistry
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The scientific evidence of degrees of relativity between different species.
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