The study<span> of </span>comparative anatomy<span> predates the modern </span>study<span> of </span>evolution. Earlyevolutionary<span> scientists like Buffon and Lamarck used </span>comparative anatomy<span> to determine </span>relationships<span> between species. Organisms </span>with<span> similar structures, they argued, must have acquired these traits from a common ancestor.</span>
