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Identify common ancestry

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Identify common ancestry — free printable Middle School Science worksheet

Common ancestry and evolutionary relationships take center stage in this middle school Life Science worksheet, where students practice identifying evidence that links modern organisms to shared ancestors. Teachers can use it during an adaptation and evolution unit to help students read and reason about phylogenetic patterns and fossil evidence. Building skill with common ancestry prepares students for high school biology work on genetics, natural selection, and evolution.

Learning objectives

  • Identify evidence of common ancestry shared by different species
  • Explain how shared traits indicate evolutionary relationships
  • Analyze examples to distinguish closely related from distantly related organisms

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