The Common Ancestor of Humans and the Other Great Apes

question 35

Multiple Choice

The common ancestor of humans and the other great apes walked on all fours, while humans are bipeds.Bipedalism in humans is thus a(n) _______ trait.

• A) ancestral
• B) homoplastic
• C) synapomorphic
• D) derived
• E) monophyletic

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