Which of the following is NOT a piece of genetic evidence that supports the out-of-Africa hypothesis for the origin of humans?
A) mtDNA sequences from African and non-African samples indicates a divergence time of approximately 200,000 years.
B) Genetic diversity of mtDNA sequences among African samples is greater than genetic diversity of mtDNA sequences among non-African samples.
C) mtDNA alleles present in Europe are a subset of mtDNA alleles derived from those present in Africa.
D) mtDNA alleles among samples from Africa are more similar than mtDNA alleles among samples from Europe
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