Charles Darwin · Science
Darwin’s claim that every living thing - bacterium, beetle, whale and human - descends from a common ancestor, branch by branch from a single root.
You learned that classification, embryos and vestigial organs all point to common descent. Pick one of these and explain how it argues for a shared ancestor, in your own words.
Leads to Francis Crick.
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