When Genetic Material Has Been Extracted from the Oldest Human

question 97

Multiple Choice

When genetic material has been extracted from the oldest human skeletons found in the New World, their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes are most similar to which Old World people:

• A) Northeast Asians
• B) Polynesians
• C) South Asians
• D) they are not similar to any Old World group

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