Mystery #4Tier 3dna bones classification
How can scientists tell which animals are close cousins on the family tree?
Look at a family photo and you can often guess who is related: the same nose, the same smile. Scientists do something similar for the whole animal kingdom, working out which creatures are close cousins. But animals cannot show you a family album, so how on Earth do they tell?
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How would you work out if two animals are close cousins?
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