When Researchers Determined That the Jawbone of an Italian Neanderthal

question 14

Multiple Choice

When researchers determined that the jawbone of an Italian Neanderthal dating to around 43,000-45,000 years ago showed the presence of an intermediate chin and mitochondrial Neanderthal DNA,they hypothesized that the jawbone belonged to an individual who was the product of a mating between a modern human and a Neanderthal.This hypothesis would be further supported if the fossil had

• A) Neanderthal and Homo sapiens genomic DNA.
• B) only Neanderthal mitochondrial and genomic DNA.
• C) only Neanderthal genomic DNA.
• D) both Neanderthal and Homo habilis genomic DNA.

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