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Scientists discovered that small-footed and large-footed lizards shared a common ancestor. Today they are no longer able to interbreed together.

What is this an example of?

A.
speciation

B.
succession

C.
spontaneous generation

D.
natural selection

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I agree that the answer is speciation


What is speciation: basically what it means is that there is a lack of ability to reproduce because the two similar species have become different through the process of evolution.

Hopefully this helped and good luck.
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That would be A) speciation

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