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which best describes how shared characteristics can be used to identify evolutionary relationships?

if organisms have a common ancestor, most of their characteristics will be shared.
if two organisms have a shared characteristic, it means one evolved from the other.
if organisms have many shared characteristics, they are likely to be closely related.
if organisms have a shared characteristic, it means they are closely related.

Which best describes how shared characteristics can be used to identify evolutionary relationships?

If organisms have a common ancestor, most of their characteristics will be shared

Explanation:

In evolutionary theory, organisms from same ancestors reflects similar features or characteristics e.g the relationship between man and chimpanzee

it was established by evolutionary theory that the two organism have the same ancestor which makes them to share similar characteristics such as giving birth to young ones alive, presence of hair on their skin, shapes of their jaws among other features