Multiple Choice
In Chapter 5, one of the examples of evolution presented illustrated the changes in equine skull morphology that gradually led to the transformation of the ancestral species to a new equine species. What model of evolutionary change does this illustrate?
A) punctuated equilibrium
B) passive trend
C) phyletic gradualism
D) active trend
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