BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 17, Problem 15MCQ
DNA evidence suggests that modern humans
| a. | share a common ancestor with Ardipithecus. |
| b. | exist in several species today. |
| c. | have not evolved in the last 150,000 years. |
| d. | are evolving from chimpanzees today. |
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