The fossils of birds, ______ show that birds have evolved from reptiles.

Archaeopteryx

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Platypus

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Both A and B

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx was a transitional form between birds and reptiles. Archaeopteryx plays an important role, not only in the study of the origin of birds, but in the study of dinosaurs.
Archaeopteryx seemed to confirm Darwin's theories and has since become a key piece of evidence for the origin of birds, the transitional fossils debate, and confirmation of evolution.

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(b) there is no evolutionary connection between reptiles and birds
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