Procedure: | With provided information,draw a cladogram that shows the evolutionary relationship between humans, chimpanzees, and fruit flies. |
Hypothesis: If humans and Chimpanzees truly do have a common ancestor and we are from common decent then we should have a great amount of traits similar and somewhere on the cladogram where we branch off at a trait that differentiates us from one another.
Exercise #1
Relationship between humans, chimpanzees & fruit fl ies.
Justification: | Chimpanzees and humans are similar but we are branches off because of our brain size. This gene is what seperates us. Although we are seperated, we do have some common ancestry. |
Information: |
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Common and UNcommon traits
- brain size
- eyes
- hair
- wings
Hmmmm maybe we are related??