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Which Piece of Evidence BEST Supports the "Multiregional Evolution" Model

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Which piece of evidence BEST supports the "multiregional evolution" model of the evolution of modern humans?


A) Molecular clocks date the last common ancestor of modern humans to about 171,500 years ago.
B) Present-day human populations from Africa have greater genetic diversity than non-African populations.
C) African Homo ergaster/erectus appear almost simultaneously with Asian Homo erectus, 1.6 to 1.9 million years ago.
D) Both Asian fossil Homo erectus and modern Asian human populations show a high frequency of shovel-shaped incisors.
E) There is no solid evidence supporting the multiregional hypothesis.

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