An unbroken series of species arranged in ancestors to descendent sequence with each later species having evolved from one that immediately preceded it is called?

Correct answer: B. Phyletic lineage

  • A. Biome
  • B. Phyletic lineage
  • C. Community
  • D. Population

Explanation

A phyletic lineage is a continuous evolutionary sequence in which each species is considered to have descended from the species immediately before it. A population is only a group of organisms of one species in an area, so confusing an evolutionary sequence with a present-day group leads to option d rather than option b.

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