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Title: The phenotypic differences between chimps and humans is best explained by ______________.
Post by: BRWH on Jul 17, 2021

Question 1

Of the following hominin species, which appears first in the fossil record?
◦ Australopithecus afarensis
◦ Australopithecus africanus
◦ Australopithecus anamensis
◦ Australopithecus garhi
◦ Paranthropus aethiopicus

Question 2

The phenotypic differences between chimps and humans is best explained by ______________.
◦ the high variation in number of different genes between the two species
◦ the high number of inversion sequences
◦ epistatic changes to genes
◦ patterns of gene expression and regulation
◦ the large amount of "junk DNA" found in chimpanzee genomes

Title: The phenotypic differences between chimps and humans is best explained by ______________.
Post by: deja on Jul 17, 2021

Answer 1

Australopithecus anamensis

Answer 2

patterns of gene expression and regulation