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An important challenge to traditional (pre-1860) ideas about species was the observation that seemingly dissimilar organisms, such as hummingbirds, humans, and whales, have similar skeletal structures. This most directly suggested to biologists that ____________.
a) only the best-adapted organisms can survive
b) advantageous changes can be passed along to offspring
c) most evolution occurs rapidly following a mass extinction
d) dissimilar organisms might have evolved from a distant, common ancestor
e) all of the above

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Answer:

Option-D

Explanation:

One of the common belief before the Darwin about the species was that the species can change over time but they do not evolve into another species that is the species do not share the common ancestor.

The collected evidence that the similarity in the skeletal system of the distantly related species like in the humming bird, the whales and the humans suggested that they have evolved from the common ancestor. This observation was the challenge to the pre- Darwinian ideas.

Thus, Option-D is the correct answer.

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