Which of the following is NOT typically cited as evidence for evolution?

• A. Fossil records
• B. Abiogenesis
• C. Comparative anatomy
• D. Biogeography

Answer: (B)

The main idea is how scientists gather evidence that living things share ancestors and have changed over time. Fossil records show how organisms appear in a sequence through deep time, revealing gradual changes and transitional forms. Comparative anatomy highlights the similarity of structures among different species, indicating descent from common ancestors even when those structures have different functions today. Biogeography explains how the geographic distribution of species fits with their evolutionary history and the movement of landmasses, supporting patterns of relatedness and divergence. Abiogenesis, by contrast, asks how life first arose from nonliving matter and is about the origin of life itself rather than how life evolves once it exists, so it isn’t used as evidence for evolution.