Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321922212
Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 9LTB
Similarity in skin color among different human populations appears to be primarily the result of________
- natural selection;
- convergent evolution;
- which biological race they belong to;
- A and B are correct;
- A, B, and C are correct
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