Why is it that there is less variation among individuals in any one non-African population than among individuals in the contemporary African population?

A. Because the individuals that left Africa
were a relatively small sample of the total
amount of variation present.
B. Because the individuals that left Africa
exhibited a greater number of mutations than
the African population.
C. Because the African population was larger
than the populations that left, they had more
mutation.
D. There is no reason because the above
statement is incorrect.


A

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