Multiple Choice
Humans and African apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas) share traits, such as elongated skulls and shortened canine teeth, that other related species do not have.These characteristics are called
A) homoplasies.
B) synapomorphies.
C) reversals.
D) parsimonies.
E) heteroplasies.
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