The similarities among all known present-day species indicate they diverged from a common ancestor through evolution.
Notes on verification
Well-established scientific consensus, corroborated by multiple independent peer-reviewed sources including Nature Ecology & Evolution and other scholarly reviews.
Sources
- History of life (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11458799/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/science/common-descent-evolutionary-biology (ebsco.com)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1 (nature.com)