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The similar number and arrangement of bones in the forelimbs of mammals with different functions is best explained by:
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A Artificial selection
B Pure coincidence
C Common ancestry
D Convergent evolution only
Explanation

The shared skeletal plan of mammalian forelimbs indicates that these species evolved from a common ancestor, a case of homology.

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