Which Statement About Biogeography Is False

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which statement about biogeography is false?

• A) The biota in contemporary biogeographic regions evolved largely independently of one another during the Tertiary period.
• B) Phylogenetic methods contribute to our understanding of biogeography.
• C) The most likely explanation for the presence of southern beeches in both South America and New Zealand is that those two areas were once part of the same continent.
• D) The theory of continental drift helped explain many of the early mysteries in biogeography.
• E) The southern biogeographic regions separated from each other after the northern biogeographic regions did.

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