What is the correct scientific meaning of similarity between humans and chimpanzees?
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Correct answer: They may share a common ancestor
Shared anatomical, genetic and biochemical features can indicate that two groups descended from a common ancestral population. Humans did not evolve directly from the chimpanzees alive today; instead, humans and chimpanzees represent separate lineages that diverged from an older common ancestor. Therefore option A expresses the scientifically correct conclusion. Option B reverses the meaning of common ancestry, C is unsupported, and D ignores substantial comparative evidence of relatedness.
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They may share a common ancestor
Why is this the correct answer?
Shared anatomical, genetic and biochemical features can indicate that two groups descended from a common ancestral population. Humans did not evolve directly from the chimpanzees alive today; instead, humans and chimpanzees represent separate lineages that diverged from an older common ancestor. Therefore option A expresses the scientifically correct conclusion. Option B reverses the meaning of common ancestry, C is unsupported, and D ignores substantial comparative evidence of relatedness.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Science question. Chapter: World of Living. Topic: Heredity and Evolution.
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