Recent DNA analysis of Australian Aborigines has revealed that their ancestors branched off from ancestral Europeans and Asians 70,000 to 50,000 years ago. This research indicates
A. Australian Aborigines developed a dark skin color independently from Africans.
B. aboriginal Australians have a more recent population history than Europeans.
C. ancestral Australian Aborigines had cultural but not genetic isolation.
D. Australian Aborigines maintained regular contact with people from other continents.
E. Australian Aborigines are direct descendants of the first modern humans to leave Africa.
Answer: E
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