A living connecting link which provides evidence for organic evolution is

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A living connecting link which provides evidence for organic evolution is (A) Sphenodon between reptile and bird (B) lung fishes between pisces and reptile (C) Archaeopteryx between reptile and bird (D) duck billed platypus between reptiles and mammals

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Egg-laying mammals (e.g.. Duck-billed platypus) bear hair and mammary glands, but also possess some of the reptilian characters such as laying of eggs, presence of cloaca and some skeletal similarities. Thus they are living connecting link between reptiles and mammals.

Q. A living connecting link which provides evidence for organic evolution is

Sphenodon between reptile and bird

lung fishes between pisces and reptile

Archaeopteryx between reptile and bird

duck billed platypus between reptiles and mammals

Egg-laying mammals (e.g.. Duck-billed platypus) bear hair and mammary glands, but also possess some of the reptilian characters such as laying of eggs, presence of cloaca and some skeletal similarities. Thus they are living connecting link between reptiles and mammals.