On a phylogenetic tree for Anthropoidea, the clade that includes ____ and the clade that includes ____ are sister taxa

because they emerged from a common node.



a. chimpanzees; orangutans
b. orangutans; humans
c. gorillas; chimpanzees
d. gorillas; both chimpanzees and humans
e. old world monkeys; both chimpanzees and humans


ANSWER: d

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