Based on the trees above, what can you conclude about the evolution of saber-too

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Based on the trees above, what can you conclude about the evolution of saber-toothed animals?

Saber-toothed animals arose by divergent evolution, as ancestral species with saber teeth evolved into species of mammals and marsupials.

Saber-toothed animals arose by convergent evolution,as we see similar characteristics in unrelated species.

All species with saber teeth arose from a recent common carnivorous ancestor.

The ancestor to all mammals had saber teeth and some species lost their teeth.

Saber-toothed marsupla Carnivores Bears, seals, weasels, canids, and raccoon Mongooses Civets Saber-toothed cat Hyenas Saber-toothed nimravid Saber-toothed nimravid Phylogeny of Mammals Phylogeny of Carnivores , Felines Marsupials s Nimravids Placentas Monotremes Carnivores

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Answer - Option A - Saber toothed animals arose by convergent evolution, as we see similar characteristics in unrelated species.

In the phylogeny above similar characteristics of saber tooth is visible in both carnivorous and marsupials.

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