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Homologous organs indicate...

Homologous organs indicate

A

convergent evolution

B

parallel evolution

C

common descendent

D

natural selection

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Homologous organs are those organs , which have the same basic structure , but different functions . These show common descendent and divergent evolution , while analogous organs show convergent evolution
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