Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is true about the phylogenetic tree shown here?
A) A combination of molecular data, fossil records, and anatomical homologies show the human is more closely related to the chimpanzee than to the green monkey.
B) The green monkey and rhesus monkey cannot reproduce with each other because of a postzygotic isolating mechanism.
C) The chimpanzee and human must have evolved as a result of allopatric speciation.
D) There is no single common ancestor to all of the organisms displayed on this phylogenetic tree.
E) The gibbon and human are no more closely related than the green monkey and human are.
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