According to the text, what can we appropriately conclude from geneticists' finding that someone of African ancestry may have more in common biologically with someone of native Australian, Asian, or northern European descent than with a fellow African?
A. People of African descent have migrated to Australia, Asia, and northern Europe and mixed their genes with local populations.
B. People of Australian, Asian, and northern European descent have migrated to Africa and mixed their genes with local African populations.
C. You may have more genetic material in common with someone who looks totally different from you than with someone considered your own "race".
D. African populations are divided into a number of races, some of which have evolved to look like peoples of other regions of the world.
E. Because Homo sapiens evolved in Africa, African peoples have much in common with peoples of all regions of the world.
C. You may have more genetic material in common with someone who looks totally different from you than with someone considered your own "race".
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