Multiple choice

Which of the following is a missing link in evolution?

  1. Peripatus

  2. Limulus

  3. Pheretima

  4. Archaeopteryx
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Explanation

Archaeopteryx is widely recognized as a classic missing link (transitional fossil) between non-avian dinosaurs and birds, possessing features of both groups. Peripatus is a link between Annelida and Arthropoda, not a missing link in the same sense.

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