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. [tier=gold indep_score=0.983 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- History of life (wikipedia)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11458799/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/science/common-descent-evolutionary-biology (corroboration)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1 (corroboration)