A study in Australia found that height had a heritability of 70%, but a study in Africa found a heritability of only 55%. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this difference? O a. Height is controlled by different genes in Africa and Australia O b. Different races are genetically distinct. O c. Environmental factors affecting height are more variable in Africa. O d. The two groups of researchers measured height in different ways. O e. Africans are taller than Australians.

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Primate evolution

Primates are a relatively new species and first appeared in the fossil record nearly 55 million years ago. They may have originated as far back as the cretaceous period. Their fossils were observed in North America, Asia, and Europe. Long before the first monkeys and their prosimian relatives developed, most animal species thrived and died. The first primates did not exist until about 50-55 million years ago, even though the planet is 4.54 billion years old and the first life goes back at least 3.5 billion years. Dinosaurs had been extinct for 10 to 15 million years when this happened.