How does the molecular clock work? What can it tell scientists?

What will be an ideal response?


Scientists use this degree of variability as a molecular clock to help them predict how far apart species have previously separated. In general, the scientists said the longer the two species split, the more they were related.

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a. logic b. symbols c. use of sign language d. facial expressions, body gestures, and touching

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The Spanish colonization of South America in the sixteenth century A.D. is an example of __________

a. culture change b. civilization c. globalization d. comparative perspective

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The 18TH century division between legitimate (monopoly) and illegitimate (proto- commercial fair and boulevard) as applied to theatre became a more complex segmentation by:

a. urban and rural theatres b. decent and indecent theatres c. subsidized and commercial theatres d. class and taste within commercial theatre itself e. theatre and early movies

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Third gender people among the Navajo were

a. killed as witches. b. welcomed as nadle (men-women). c. kept hidden from the tribe by their families. d. generally famous warriors.

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