The ability to analyze genomes — sequences of DNA — has grown more and more sophisticated. Scientists are able to examine the biological past in finer detail and with greater accuracy. A new analysis of the genetic links between early humans and chimpanzees has led to a hypothesis that the two species diverged more recently than previous estimates indicated. This gives credence to a very startling new theory: the ancestors of humans and chimpanzees might have hybridized to produce the lineage from which modern humans eventually developed.
What can be inferred from the statements above?
A) Hybridized species combine the best of both lineages.
B) Political and religious pressures will affect the course of future research.
C) Future research will enable scientists to determine the exact characteristics of this hybrid ancestor of modern man.
D) Earlier genome analysis established genetic links between early humans and chimpanzees.
E) Human DNA is more complex than that of chimpanzees.
The OA is [spoiler] C. This was what I initially thought but I got tripped up the the word "established" because I thought that it conveyed too strong of a connection- like having proven something. I thought E would be good because if humans are a mixed between early homo sapian and chimps, wouldnt human dna be more complicated? [/spoiler]
What can be inferred from the statements above?
A) Hybridized species combine the best of both lineages.
B) Political and religious pressures will affect the course of future research.
C) Future research will enable scientists to determine the exact characteristics of this hybrid ancestor of modern man.
D) Earlier genome analysis established genetic links between early humans and chimpanzees.
E) Human DNA is more complex than that of chimpanzees.
The OA is [spoiler] C. This was what I initially thought but I got tripped up the the word "established" because I thought that it conveyed too strong of a connection- like having proven something. I thought E would be good because if humans are a mixed between early homo sapian and chimps, wouldnt human dna be more complicated? [/spoiler]
