QUESTION 6 The elongated tongue of the giant anteater is shown below. On which o
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QUESTION 6 The elongated tongue of the giant anteater is shown below. On which of the following would Darwin and Lamarck agree regarding this animal? O a. The long tongue of the anteater is an adaptation for eating ants from their subterranean nests. b. Ancestors of the anteater lengthened their tongues by stretching them as they tried to eat ants from their nests. C. Long-tongued ancestors of the anteater reproduced disproportionately more than short-tongued ancestors. d. God predetermined the evolution of the anteater to appear as it does today e. They would agree on all of the aboveExplanation / Answer
b. Ancestors of the anteater lengthened their tongues by stretching them as they tried to eat ants from their nests.
In Darwin's View, every species contains organisms that show certain variations according to their Environmental conditions which will be more advantagous when compared to other organisms which donot develop variations. Hence, these organisms becomes dominant.
According to both Darwin and Lamarck, the survival of the fittest (continued existence of organisms which suits best and get adapted to their particular environment) is common. Also in Natural selection, we can see the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Hence according to these evolutionary theories, it was clear that
The ancestors of the anteater - imagine like normal sized tongue not too long, have to adapt their behaviour and change themselves according to their changing environment to grab their food or prey. These changes according to the environment leads to modifications or new developments or variations in their organs and their shape of the organ parts. So, over generations the habit of stretching of their tongue leads to lengthening of the tongue and this inherited to the following offsprings.
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