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Use the diagram to answer the question below.

The diagram shows a primate evolutionary tree.

Diagram of primate evolutionary tree showing common ancestor branching to Lesser apes (gibbons) and Great apes (orang-utans, gorillas, chimpanzees, humans) with intermediate levels.

According to the tree, which statement about gibbons and orangutans is correct?

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Responses

Gibbons evolved from orangutans.
Gibbons evolved from orangutans.

They both evolved from a common ancestor.
They both evolved from a common ancestor.

Orangutans evolved from gibbons.
Orangutans evolved from gibbons.

They are both ancestors of chimpanzees.
They are both ancestors of chimpanzees.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They both evolved from a common ancestor.

The tree shows gibbons and orangutans as separate branches from an earlier common ancestor, not one evolving from the other.