Assuming chimps and gorillas are humans' closest relatives, removing humans from the great ape clade and placing them in a different clade has the effect of making the phylogenetic tree of the great apes
A) polyphyletic.
B) paraphyletic.
C) monophyletic.
D) conform with Linnaeus' view of great ape phylogeny.

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Placing humans in a separate clade would result in the great ape clade becoming paraphyletic, as it would not include all the descendants of its common ancestor.

Assuming Chimps and Gorillas Are Humans' Closest Relatives, Removing Humans