Question

a transitional fossil should ______.
○ share some similarity with species that lived before it and some similarity with species that lived after it.
○ have some similarity to species that lived after it.
○ be completely different from any other species.
○ be exactly the same as a modern species.
○ have some similarity to species that lived before it.

Explanation:

Transitional fossils document evolutionary change by bridging ancestral (earlier) and descendant (later) species, showing traits of both groups. The correct option reflects this dual similarity.

Answer:

share some similarity with species that lived before it and some similarity with species that lived after it.