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An evolutionary innovation associated with amphibians is their heart, which can exchange gases outside of a water environment. This allows the amphibians to live on land.
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∙ 9y agoAmphibians are considered to be unique evolutionary groups because they retained the ability to live in and out of water. Other creatures simply live in the water or on land.
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Which evolutionary innovation was most significant in helping tetrapods move to dry terrestrial environments?
The evolutionary innovation that was most significant in helping tetrapods move to dry terrestrial environments was their lungs.
Type of classification based on evolutionary history?
Evolutionary Classification.
Living things have a long history of change?
evolutionary change.
According to evolutionary theory what was the most likely evolutionary precursor to humans?
Hominids
How do scientist infer evolutionary relationships among organisms?
scientists can infer how closely related the organisms are in an evolutionary sense
Is metamorphis an evolutionary innovation associated with reptiles?
yes
What is an evolutionary innovation associated with cartilaginous fish such as sharks?
:OO
In biology an evolutionary innovation is also referred to as a?
Derived Characters.
Which evolutionary innovation was most significant in helping tetrapods move to dry terrestrial environments?
The evolutionary innovation that was most significant in helping tetrapods move to dry terrestrial environments was their lungs.
What kind of vertebrate was the likely evolutionary precursor to mammals?
reptiles
Why is cerebral cortex also known as new brain?
Evolutionary biologists believe that reptiles existed before mammals, and that mammals evolved from reptiles. Reptiles do not have a cerebral cortex in their brains, but mammals do, therefore, in evolutionary terms, the cerebral cortex is new.
What is an innovation associated with amphibians?
They are tetrapods.
What is an evolutionary change in reptiles?
Mainly size is what changed from prehistoric times to today.
What evolutionary innovation is associated with the simplest animals?
They went from simple colonies of cells (such as some groupings of bacteria) to multicellular creatures with some cell specialisation.
Are dinosaurs more closely related to amphibians than reptiles?
Dinosaurs are more closely related to reptiles than to amphibians. In fact, dinosaurs are classified as reptiles. Amphibians are lower on the evolutionary tree than reptiles. Reptiles developed from amphibians. Amphibians developed from fish.
Why is it hard to classify archaeopteryx?
Because it has evolutionary features of both non-avian reptiles and birds.
What groups is Innovation a characteristic most strongly associated with?
entrepernuers
