A high degree of sexual dimorphism observed in a fossil primate species could indicate that this species had social groups with a single male and multiple females. This would be an example of
A) convergent evolution.
B) reasoning from homology.
C) reasoning from analogy.
D) direct observation.

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This is an example of reasoning from analogy, as researchers are using similarities between the observed degree of sexual dimorphism and the social structure of modern primates to make an inference about the social structure of the fossil primate species.

A High Degree of Sexual Dimorphism Observed in a Fossil