Humans, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangutans Are Members of a Clade

question 42

Multiple Choice

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are members of a clade called the "great apes", which shared a common ancestor about 15 million years ago. Gibbons and siamangs comprise a clade called the "lesser apes". Tree-branch lengths indicate elapsed time.
Assuming chimps and gorillas are humans' closest relatives, removing humans from the great ape clade and placing them in a different clade has the effect of making the phylogenetic tree of the great apes ________.

• A) polyphyletic
• B) paraphyletic
• C) monophyletic
• D) into a new order

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