Which of These Statements About Human Evolution Is Correct

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about human evolution is correct?

• A) The ancestors of Homo sapiens were chimpanzees.
• B) Human evolution has proceeded in an orderly fashion from an ancestral anthropoid to Homo sapiens.
• C) The evolution of upright posture and enlarged brain occurred simultaneously.
• D) Different species of the genus Homo have coexisted at various times throughout hominin evolution.
• E) Mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that modern humans are genetically very similar to Neanderthals.

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