Which statements best describe shared characteristics? Check all that apply. 1. Shared characteristics are features or qualities that organisms or species have in common.

2. Shared characteristics are features or qualities that are different among organisms.

3. Shared characteristics can be characteristics that existed in the common ancestor and still exist in modern organisms.

4 . Shared characteristics can be new characteristics that have been modified from what was found in the common ancestor.

5. Shared characteristics exist only in plants.

6. Shared characteristics exist only in animals.