Question

Which of the following characteristics are expected in the first animals to have colonized land?

I) They were probably herbivores.
II) Animals had four appendages.
III) Animals had the ability to resist dehydration.
IV) Animals had lobe-finned fishes as ancestors.
V) Invertebrates

Answer 1

III) Animals had the ability to resist dehydration.

IV) Animals had lobe-finned fishes as ancestors.

Step-by-step explanation:

In other to conquer land, the first animal to colonize land had to be able to deal with lack of constant water supply. Some of the early conquerers had remnant parts from an aquatic living.