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Humans and African Apes (Chimpanzees,bonobos,and Gorillas)share Traits Such as Elongated

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Humans and African apes (chimpanzees,bonobos,and gorillas) share traits such as elongated skulls and shortened canine teeth,which other more distantly related species do not have.These characteristics are called


A) homoplasies.
B) synapomorphies.
C) cladistics.
D) parsimonies.
E) evolutionary reversals.

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