Question

The two areas of study namely'evolution' and'classification' are interlinked. Justify the statement.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer

Different forms of organisms have evolved during the course of evolution. Classification deals with grouping of these organisms into groups and subgroups based on their similarities and differences. The more characteristics any two species have in common more closely they are related. In other words, they will have a more recent ancestor.

Thus, classification helps tracing the evolutionary relationships between the two organisms. Hence classification and evolution are interlinked.

Answer 2

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Evolution is the process by which newer types of organisms are developed from the pre-existing ones through modification. Classification is the arrangement of organisms into a series of groups based on physiological, biological, anatomical or other relationships. All systems of classification are hierarchial.

The more closely two species are related, the more likely they will have had a common ancestor, e.g. a brother and a sister are closely related and have common ancestors in the first generation before them, namely their parents.

A girl and her first cousin are also related, but less than the girl and her brother. This is because cousins have common ancestors, their grandparents, in the second generation before them, not in the first one. Thus, classification of species is in fact a reflection of their evolutionary relationship or we can say that evolution and classification are interlinked.