Chapter 32: Q32-5TYU. (page 683)
A professor begins a lecture on animal phylogeny (as shown in Figure 32.11) by saying, 鈥淲e are all worms.鈥 In this context, what did she mean?

Short Answer
The professor used the phrase 鈥淲e are all worms鈥 to indicate that human beings (one of the chordate animals) evolved along with worms from a common ancestral organism.

