The images show two modern fishes and a fossil of an extinct fish. Click on two statements that should be used to construct a complete explanation for the observable similarities and differences among the three species.

A. Similarities are most likely due to inheritance of certain genes over many generations.

B. Differences are most likely due to natural selection operating differently in the past then it does today.

C. Differences are most likely due to the advantages that different traits provided in different conditions.

D. The inheritance of many similar traits suggests that rhe modern organism will soon become extinct like the fossilized species.​