Evolutionary history of an organisms is known as

Phylogeny

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Ancestry

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Palaeontology

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Ontogeny

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Solution

The correct option is B Phylogeny
Phylogeny is the origin and diversification of any taxon. It is usually represented as a diagrammatic phylogenetic tree, i.e., dendrogram.
Paleontology is the study of fossils, ontogeny is the whole course of an individual's development and life history and ancestry is the descendant of an individual. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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Phylogeny is an evolutionary history of an animal starting from ancesters to the present form.

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