A scientist compares the amino acid sequences of 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 (%)
Species 1 85
Species 2 48
Species 3 39
Species 4 57
Which claim is supported by the evidence in the table?
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Humans have the closest evolutionary relationship to Species 1.
Humans have the closest evolutionary relationship to Species 1.
Humans have the fewest common ancestors with Species 1 and 4.
Humans have the fewest common ancestors with Species 1 and 4.
Humans do not have any common ancestors with Species 2 or 3.
Humans do not have any common ancestors with Species 2 or 3.
Humans have the most distant evolutionary relationship to Species 4.
Humans have the most distant evolutionary relationship to Species 4.
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The claim that is supported by the evidence in the table is:
Humans have the closest evolutionary relationship to Species 1.
This is because Species 1 has the highest percentage of amino acid sequence similarity to humans (85%), suggesting a closer evolutionary relationship compared to the other species listed.
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