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#Question id: 10332


The four-chambered hearts of birds and the four-chambered hearts of mammals evolved independently of each other. If one were unaware of this independence, then one might logically conclude that

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  1. the birds were the first to evolve a 4-chambered heart.
  2. birds and mammals are more distantly related than is actually the case.
  3. early mammals possessed feathers.
  4. the common ancestor of birds and mammals had a four-chambered heart.