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Question
What major survival advantage did thick-shelled eggs provide to reptiles?
Options
They allowed reproduction away from water
They enabled flight
They protected against climatic changes
They increased the speed of vertebrate evolution
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Solution
Reptiles evolved after amphibians and became better adapted to life on land. Their thick-shelled eggs allowed reproduction away from water, giving them a major survival advantage over amphibians that still needed to return to water for reproduction.
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