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Jessisbored

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Hey what did you write for this? i got confused but i managed to get out the archeopteryx for an example and the pentadactyl limb and argh
 

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i talked about homologous structures suggesting a common ancestor forgot about poor old archaeopteryx oh well
 

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Huh?>

The archaeopteryx had nothing to do with vertebrate limbs ... thats transitional forms regarding palaeontology. I think the question required pentadactyl limbs, eg: bats have same pentadactyl limb structures as humans, even though it is extended to form their wings, thus showing a common ancestor. if archaeopteryx was needed then im screwed
 

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pentadactly limbs i said how they where similar for a range of animals
 

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pentadactly limb --> comparative analogy --> whales, humans, bats, lions all have same basic structure but different use --> suggest common ancestor
 

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i said all vertebrate forelimbs possess the similar pendactyl design (five-fingered), between the human and the whale the only difference lies in the whale having a shorter and fatter radius and ulna
 

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phew coz i wrote 4 lines for the pentadactyl limb and one for the archeopteryx i knew it was wrong!
 

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I just wrote about how through comparative anatomy we see that the pentadactly limb is common in most vertabrates, suggesting a common ancestory path.
 

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Tommy_Lamp said:
pentadactly limb --> comparative analogy --> whales, humans, bats, lions all have same basic structure but different use --> suggest common ancestor
exactly what i did..cept without the lion..
 

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I only wrote about the 5 structured limb, hopefully thats right.

I talked about how the limb was changed in evolution by the type of environment the organism lives in e.g. whales with their flipper thing to help them swim.
 

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