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Evolutionary history of an organism is known as :
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The evolutionary history of an organism—how it has evolved over time—is called phylogeny.
• Paleontology – study of fossils
• Ontogeny – development of an individual organism from zygote to adult
• Ancestry – refers to ancestors, not the full evolutionary history
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