Structural similarities shared by a wide array of distantly-related species that are inherited from a remote ancestor, such as the number of bones in the forelimb, are termed:

a. analogies.
b. specialized.
c. adaptive radiations.
d. ancestral (primitive).
e. derived (modified).


d

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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