Question

here are pictures of a smilodon fossil, a living lion, and a living camel.
this table shows some traits of each mammal.

	smilodon	lion	camel
claws on feet	✔️	✔️
two - toed hooves			✔️
a long, curved neck			✔️
sharp, pointed teeth	✔️	✔️

how does this evidence support the claim that smilodon is more closely related to lions than to camels? complete the paragraph.
based on the pictures and table, smilodon and camels have similarities in their anatomy than smilodon and lions have. this suggests that smilodon and have more similar dna and evolved from a more common ancestor.

Explanation:

1. First, count the anatomical similarities: Smilodon and Lion share traits like four legs, claws on feet, sharp pointed teeth (3 shared traits). Smilodon and Camel only share four legs (1 shared trait). So Smilodon and camels have fewer similarities than Smilodon and lions.
2. More anatomical similarities imply more similar DNA and a more recent common ancestor. So the blanks should be "fewer", "lions", and "recent".

Answer:

First blank: fewer
Second blank: lions
Third blank: recent