Common Ancestry Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: common ancestry : the idea that all living organisms are descended from a single ancestor or a small group of ancestors, evolution : the process through which species change over time, fossil : the imprint or hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago45, extinction : the permanent disappearance of a species, adaptation : a characteristic, a behavior, or any inherited trait that makes a species able to survive and reproduce in a particular environment,, homologous structure : an organ or body part that appears in different organisms and is similar in structure and location but doesn’t necessarily share the same function, analogous structure : an organ or body part that appears in different organisms and has similar functions but not necessarily shared ancestry, vestigial organ : a physical structure that was fully developed and functional in an earlier group of organisms but is reduced and unused in later species, phylogeny : the study of the evolutionary history of organisms, convergence : the process by which unrelated organisms evolve similar features, divergence : the process by which organisms with similar features diverge into different groups,, species : the smallest unit of classification in the linnaean system, cladogram : the term for a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among organisms,