A characteristic (or trait) that separates an organism from its ancestors, such as cells, backbone, legs or hair in the diagram below is called a:

1: Fossil
2: Vestigial Structure
3: Derived Characteristic
4: Embryo

A characteristic or trait that separates an organism from its ancestors such as cells backbone legs or hair in the diagram below is called a 1 Fossil 2 Vestigia class=