Answer Choices
A) provides evidence of the existence of an evolutionary step between a snout and a beak.
possesses physical characteristics directly linking them to present-day alligators.
identifies them as one of the oldest birds to have had a beak.
reveals them to be one of the earliest birds to have fused facial bones.
Explanation for Question 22 From the Reading Section on the 2021 May Sat (International)
Hey guys. So question 22 says, 2 according to the passage, the ancient bird RKO, 3 , something like that is, 4 is significant to the evolution of beaks and birds because based on the fossil 5 record, the facial structure of the archaic Teryx blank. 6 So let's just go back and find them, where are they talking about? Arbitrary 7 looks like, and what do they say about it? I'm just scanning through. 8 It looks like the first used here. 9 This says in ancestral reptiles, a pair of small bones makes up a tip 10 of the snout in today's birds. Those premaxillary bones are long nail 11 and fuse producing the upper bill. The ancient bird. 12 Now here it is, the bones were not very expanded, 13 but in later alien species, uh, 14 oh, I missed an important Senator there. The ancient Berg occupied Terex reveals an 15 intermediate step. It reveals an intermediate step. 16 That's the important line it's premixed. 17 Lord bones are not very expanded, but in later alien species, 18 the bones are progressively more fused. So this is showing a step in between, 19 within this evolution. That's going to help us to understand the modern evolution. 20 So this seems to be, um, option a, 21 it provides the existence of evolutionary step between the snout and a beat. 22 It was the connection right there that intermediate step B says possess physical characteristics 23 directly, linking them to present they alligators. That's not what it's kind of. 24 I think it's connecting birds back to older. Um, 2...