Bats share the same bones of the forelimb as humans, including a humerus, radius, ulna, wrist and hand bones, that they both inherited from a common ancestor. Though our arms and the arms of bats function differently ibats fly, and we do nott), the shared forelimb structure is an example of:

a. homology

b. phylogeny

c. analogy

d. systematics

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Biology

River Nixon

30 November, 07:28

Bats share the same bones of the forelimb as humans, including a humerus, radius, ulna, wrist and hand bones, that they both inherited from a common ancestor. Though our arms and the arms of bats function differently ibats fly, and we do nott), the shared forelimb structure is an example of:

a. homology

b. phylogeny

c. analogy

d. systematics

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Johanna Murray · Answer 1

Homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of organisms in different taxa. Both bats and humans have a common mammalian ancestor.

They diverged and adapted their arms for different functions.

Explanation:

Homologous features are physical features shared due to evolutionary history (a common ancestor).