Which of the following is NOT used as evidence for evolution?
Correct answer: C. The growth of an individual from birth to adulthood
- A. The fossil record
- B. Comparison of DNA sequences
- C. The growth of an individual from birth to adulthood
- D. The presence of vestigial organs
Explanation
Fossils, molecular comparisons and vestigial structures all reveal change across generations. An individual growing up changes neither its genes nor its species, so ontogeny alone is not evolutionary evidence.
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