24. According to the passage, it has been recently discovered that
there are detailed skeletal similarities in the flippers of pinnipeds
sea lions, seals, and walruses are all pinnipeds
pinnipeds are descended from animals that once lived on land
animals without common ancestors sometimes evolve in similar ways
animals that have flippers do not all use them in the same way
25. The author implies that which of the following was part of the long-standing view concerning pinnipeds?
Pinnipeds are all descended from a terrestrial bearlike animal.
Pinnipeds share a common ancestor with turtles, whales, and dugongs.
Similarities among pinnipeds are due to their all having had to adapt to aquatic life.
There are detailed similarities in the skeletal structure of the flippers in all pinnipeds.
Convergent evolution cannot account for the similarities among pinnipeds.
26. The author implies which of the following about the fact that turtles, whales, and dugongs all have flippers?
It can be explained by the hypothesis that turtles, whales, and dugongs are very closely related.
It can be explained by the idea of convergent evolution.
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