Question

How are the areas of study - evolution and classification interlinked?

Answer 1

Characteristics of organisms refer to the details of their external and internal appearance or behaviour that distinguish them from one another. These characteristics of organisms also form the basis for the classification uforganisms. The more characteristics two species have in common, the more closely they are related. And the more closely they are related the more recently they will have had a common ancestor. By identifying hierarchies of characteristics between species, we can work out the evolutionary relationships of the species we see around us. Thus, we can appreciate that classification of species is in fact reflection of their evolutionary relationship.



Answer 2

$\sf \: How \: are \: the \: areas \: of \: study - evolution \\ \sf \: and \: classification - interlinked\:?$

$\large{\bf{Answer -}}$

The study of behaviour is known as Characteristics and each organism is classified on the basis of absence or presence of a characteristic. The hierarchies of classification can be worked out by studying the evolutionary relationship.

The species having more common characteristics are more likely to be closely related and have more common ancestors recently.

Thus, we can say that classification of a species is in fact a reflections of its evolutionary relationships.
So, the areas of study -evolution and classification- are interlinked.

$\underline{\bf{For\: example}}$- Because of the more common characteristics, human beings are believed to be evolved from apes.