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Vestigial Structures: Evidence for Evolution Worksheet Observe the examples of vestigial structures of humans... 1. Chose 4 of the human vestigial structures and write a brief, logical explanation about why each of the structures is considered vestigial. a. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ c. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ d. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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Page 1: Vestigial Structures: Evidence for Evolution … Structures...Vestigial Structures: Evidence for Evolution Worksheet Observe the examples of vestigial structures of humans... 1.Chose

Vestigial Structures: Evidence for Evolution Worksheet Observe the examples of vestigial structures of humans...

1. Chose 4 of the human vestigial structures and write a brief, logical explanation about why each of the structures is considered vestigial.

a. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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