What is the correct scientific meaning of similarity between humans and chimpanzees?
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Correct answer: Both may have a common ancestor
Similarity between humans and chimpanzees indicates evolutionary relatedness, not direct descent from one present-day species to the other. Modern humans and modern chimpanzees are separate lineages that diverged from an earlier common ancestral population; both have continued evolving since that split. Therefore option B is correct. A and C incorrectly describe direct parent–offspring relationships, while D ignores substantial anatomical, genetic, and developmental evidence of relatedness.
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Both may have a common ancestor
Why is this the correct answer?
Similarity between humans and chimpanzees indicates evolutionary relatedness, not direct descent from one present-day species to the other. Modern humans and modern chimpanzees are separate lineages that diverged from an earlier common ancestral population; both have continued evolving since that split. Therefore option B is correct. A and C incorrectly describe direct parent–offspring relationships, while D ignores substantial anatomical, genetic, and developmental 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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