In your own words, describe how you think the trait might have appeared in the most recent common ancestor of the two species.

Choose one species of animal (but no mammals allowed), plant, or fungus that interests you. You may choose anything you wish, but make sure that it is a SPECIES, that it is NOT a mammal, and that it is NOT domesticated.
Use books or the internet to become more familiar with your chosen species, then choose a second species that is in the SAME Family, but in a DIFFERENT genus than your first species.
Name a characteristic that is present in both species but which differs in some way between them. Briefly describe how the trait is different in the two species. In your own words, describe how you think the trait might have appeared in the most recent common ancestor of the two species. Briefly explain how the ancestral trait might have evolved into the forms you see in your two species.

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