Multiple Choice
Which is not an advantage of fossil evidence in phylogenetic systematics?
A) It can tell us where organisms lived.
B) It can tell us what ancestral organisms looked like.
C) It is abundant for most lineages.
D) It can help determine whether traits are derived or ancestral.
E) It can tell us when organisms lived.
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