Question

Which of the following questions could most likely be answered using molecular clocks?

Answer 1

Umm...questions?

Answer 2

Which species of beetles are most closely related?

How many species of beetles existed in the past?

What processes cause beetles to become extinct?

How long have beetles existed on Earth?

Answer 3

well, given that:
The molecular clock (based on the molecular clock hypothesis (MCH)) is a technique in molecular evolution that uses fossil constraints and rates of molecular change to deduce the time in geologic history when two species or other taxa diverged.

Answer 4

which would you think is least likely (then when you know that tell me and we'll discuss the remaining options)

Answer 5

okay so its not B

Answer 6

or D

Answer 7

or C

Answer 8

soooooo

Answer 9

its A?

Answer 10

well thats the only option left so yeah

Answer 11

good job kiddo