Consider Species A, B, and C, Who Share a Knuckle-Walking

question 40

Multiple Choice

Consider species A, B, and C, who share a knuckle-walking common ancestor. Species A and B are bipedal. Species C is a knuckle walker. Which of the following is most likely to be true?

• A) A and B are more closely related to each other than to C.
• B) A and C are more closely related to each other than to B.
• C) C and B are more closely related to each other than to A.
• D) A, B and C most likely emerged at the same time from the common ancestor.

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