Question

Humans and apes have five fingers they can use to grasp objects. do you think these are analogous or homologous structures? explain.

Answer 1

Analogous structures are structures with different evolutionary ancestries but they have the same function. Examples include; wings of birds, insects and bats. On the other hand homologous structures have similar ancestries and common traits but may not have the same function in an organism. Well; in the above question Human apes have five fingers they can use to grasp objects, which i think these are homologous structures. 

Answer 2

Humans and apes have five fingers and the fingers are : Homologous structures

Homologous structure

Homologous structures are similar physical structures seen in living organism that share a common ancestor. Humans and Apes share a common ancestry therefore the five fingers found in Humans and Apes are homologous structures and not analogous structures.

Hence we can conclude that humans and apes having five finger is Homologous structure.

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