The observation that all races of humans have the same FOXP2 allele is evidence that ____ favored this allele.

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The fact that all races of humans have the same FOXP2 allele suggests that natural selection favored this allele. Natural selection would have acted to maintain this allele over time because it provided some advantage to those individuals who possessed it, such as improved language abilities. The other choices (recombination, artificial selection, random chance, and independent assortment) are less likely to explain this observation, as they do not involve the consistent maintenance of a particular allele across all human races.

The Observation That All Races of Humans Have the Same