The correct claim supported by the evidence in the table is:
4. Humans have the most distant evolutionary relationship to Species 4.
A scientist compares the amino acid sequences or four species to a similar protein produced by a human. The table shows the percentage of similarity in the amino acid sequence of each organism compared to the human sequence.
Organism | Amino acid sequence similarity to human (%) |
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Species 1 | 85
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Species 2 | 48
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Species 3 | 39
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Species 4 | 57
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Which claim is supported by the evidence in the table?
(1 point)
1. Humans have the fewest common ancestors with Species 1 and 4.
2. Humans do not have any common ancestors with Species 2 or 3.
3. Humans have the closest evolutionary relationship to Species 1.
4. Humans have the most distant evolutionary relationship to Species 4.
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