The best evidence for a molecular clock that runs at a consistent rate is the fact that
A) we can't distinguish, genetically, between orangutans and the other great apes.
B) gorillas, humans, and chimpanzees are all the same distance, genetically, from orangutans.
C) humans evolved much faster than gorillas or chimpanzees.
D) humans and gorillas are more closely related to orangutans than are chimps.
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