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    Based on the evidence from anatomy, fossils, embryos, and DNA, hippos are most closely related to cetaceans such as whales. Over time, various lines of evidence have refined scientists' understanding of cetacean ancestry. Anatomical evidence showed similarities between cetaceans and mammals. Fossil evidence demonstrated cetaceans evolved from land mammals. Embryological development provided further links between cetaceans and other mammals. DNA and protein evidence also supported cetaceans' closest living relative being hippos.

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    Fish or Mammal Questions

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    Based on the evidence from anatomy, fossils, embryos, and DNA, hippos are most closely related to cetaceans such as whales. Over time, various lines of evidence have refined scientists' understanding of cetacean ancestry. Anatomical evidence showed similarities between cetaceans and mammals. Fossil evidence demonstrated cetaceans evolved from land mammals. Embryological development provided further links between cetaceans and other mammals. DNA and protein evidence also supported cetaceans' closest living relative being hippos.

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    Based on the evidence from anatomy, fossils, embryos, and DNA, hippos are most closely related to cetaceans such as whales. Over time, various lines of evidence have refined scientists' understanding of cetacean ancestry. Anatomical evidence showed similarities between cetaceans and mammals. Fossil evidence demonstrated cetaceans evolved from land mammals. Embryological development provided further links between cetaceans and other mammals. DNA and protein evidence also supported cetaceans' closest living relative being hippos.

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    Name: _____________________________________ Period: ______ Date: ________

    Fish or Mammals? Evidence organizer


    (Adapted from the University of Utah, Fish or Mammals? Activity)

    Guiding question: What does evidence from anatomy, fossils, embryos, and DNA reveal about
    the closest living relative of cetaceans?

    Instructions: Use this Evidence Organizer with the Fish or Mammals? Case Study document.

    Part I: Evidence from Anatomy: Use the table on page 2 of the Case Study to answer the
    questions:
    1. How many anatomical characteristics do Cetaceans share with Mammals?

    2. How many anatomical characteristics do Cetaceans share with Fish?

    3. Circle the tree diagram that best shows the relationship between fish, cetaceans, and mammals.

    4. Explain your answer in complete sentences.

    cetaceans are more related to mammals than sh because they


    share similar traits.

    Part II: Evidence from Fossils: Use the information on pages 3–5 to answer the questions.
    4. Summarize how the fossil cetacean ancestors changed over time. Give at least one example of
    a specific trait and how it changed.

    they adapted from a more sh related


    species to a more mammal species.
    5. Does the fossil evidence support or refute the claim that cetaceans evolved through change over
    time from an ancestral mammal that lived on land? Explain your answer using evidence from the
    text.

    they were more water involved.

    6. Look at the ankle bones at the top of page 6. Which group of modern-day land mammals has
    ankle bones that are most similar to those of the fossil whales?

    mammals
    Part III: Evidence from Embryos: Look at the information on the bottom of page 6.
    7. What does nostril position say about the ancestry of dolphins and other cetaceans?

    they could be related.

    8. What does hindlimb shape say about the ancestry of dolphins and other cetaceans?

    d they’re similar so they might be


    related again

    Part IV: DNA Evidence:


    9. (Use the data table on page 7.) Which animal makes casein protein that is MOST similar to the
    whale protein?

    hippo
    10. What does this suggest about this animal’s relationship to whales?

    they could be related.


    11. Use the data table on page 8 to fill in the even-toed ungulates on tree.
    a.
    I Find the animal with the fewest traits (in this case, the fewest transposons) in common
    with the others. Write the name in the box labeled ‘outgroup.’
    b. Find the animal with the next-fewest traits in common with the others. Add a new branch
    to your tree (follow the dashed line). Write the name of the animal at the top of the new line.
    c. Follow the pattern, adding branches for the other animals.
    d. Mark the tree to show where each transposon first appeared (A has been marked for
    you).

    met
    a
    hippo whale
    pig l l
    l l l
    l l
    t l l
    l I
    Summary:
    11. Which living animal is most closely related to (shares a most common ancestor with)
    Cetaceans such as whales?

    Whales
    12. From the early 1700s to the modern day, how did various lines of evidence refine scientists’
    understanding about the ancestry of Cetaceans?
    a. Anatomy

    the way a species’ body is portrayed.

    b. Fossils
    old remains of an
    animal

    c. Embryological development

    something with
    embryos i’m guessing.

    d. DNA (including amino acid sequences)

    what we are made


    of.

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