Multiple Choice
Studies of Neanderthal DNA revealed that there are more similarities to non-African DNA than reference sequences from West Africans. Additionally, scientists found that Neanderthal DNA is as closely related to East Asians as to Europeans. These patterns indicate that interbreeding occurred before human migration further east. Which evolutionary force most likely generated these results?
A) adaptive evolution
B) gene flow
C) genetic drift
D) nonrandom mating
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