Why Do We Think That Male Neanderthals Mated with Non-African

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why do we think that male Neanderthals mated with non-African ancestral Homo sapiens?

• A)Because Neanderthal mtDNA sequences are present in the human gene pool, and Neanderthal nuclear DNA sequences are not.
• B)Because neither Neanderthal mtDNA sequences nor nuclear DNA sequences are present in the modern human gene pool.
• C)Because Neanderthal nuclear DNA sequences are present in the human gene pool, and Neanderthal mtDNA sequences are not.
• D)Because both Neanderthal mtDNA sequences and nuclear DNA sequences are present in the modern human gene pool.

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