Corballis suggests that mutations in the FOXP2 gene show that
A) H.habilis must have had language capability.
B) H.erectus must have had language capability.
C) only H.sapiens could have had language capability.
D) changes in language capabilities may have occurred many years after the original H.sapiens first appeared.

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Corballis suggests that mutations in the FOXP2 gene do not definitively prove language capability in H. habilis or H. erectus, but rather suggest that changes in language capabilities may have occurred many years after the original appearance of H. sapiens. Therefore, the best choice is D.

Corballis Suggests That Mutations in the FOXP2 Gene Show That