Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Sharks have existed almost unchanged in Earth's oceans for more than 400 million years BECAUSE the relatively uniform conditions of the open ocean do not pressure organisms to adapt

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.


A

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