Which statements best describe shared characteristics? Check all that apply.
1 Shared characteristics are features or qualities that organisms or species have in common.
2 Shared characteristics are features or qualities that are different among organisms.
3 Shared characteristics can be characteristics that existed in the common ancestor and still exist in modern organisms.
4 Shared characteristics can be new characteristics that have been modified from what was found in the common ancestor.
5 Shared characteristics exist only in plants.
6 Shared characteristics exist only in animals.