Key term for OCR GCSE Biology B, used in Theory of Evolution.
An ancestral species shared by two or more lineages that lived a very long time ago (e.g. billions of years), resulting in low genetic similarity.
Distant common ancestor appears in OCR GCSE Biology B revision content for Evolution and Biodiversity, especially Theory of Evolution and Impact on Society.
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