CBIOL 1101 F19 <CUSTOM> BIOLOGY: CONCEP
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Chapter 15, Problem 10MCQ
DNA evidence suggests that modern humans
- a. share a single origin.
- b. arose independently in several isolated populations.
- c. have not evolved in the last 150,000 years.
- d. are evolving from chimpanzees today.
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CBIOL 1101 F19 <CUSTOM> BIOLOGY: CONCEP
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