Which Piece of Evidence BEST Supports the "Multiregional Evolution" Model

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which piece of evidence BEST supports the "multiregional evolution" model of the evolution of modern humans?

• A) Molecular clocks date the last common ancestor of modern humans to about 171,500 years ago.
• B) Present-day human populations from Africa have greater genetic diversity than non-African populations.
• C) African Homo ergaster/erectus appear almost simultaneously with Asian Homo erectus, 1.6 to 1.9 million years ago.
• D) Both Asian fossil Homo erectus and modern Asian human populations show a high frequency of shovel-shaped incisors.
• E) There is no solid evidence supporting the multiregional hypothesis.

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