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Greetings.
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This question asks us to consider the earliest specimens of three types of homo species in europe, asia, and africa.
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So i've constructed a grid or chart rather to help us delineate this better.
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So it tells us that homo sapiens erectus was present in africa 2 .4 million years ago.
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It was present in europe and asia 1 .6 to 1 .85 million years ago.
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Homo sapiens was present in africa 200 ,000 years ago and then 40 ,000 to 60 ,000 in europe and most of asia.
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Earlier, you know, 150 ,000 in india.
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And then h.
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Which i have difficulty pronouncing, appeared in africa 150 ,000 years ago and sometime later in asia, and this article at least does not mention them being present in europe.
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So what can we conclude from this data? well, could neanderthals be a common ancestor for homo sapiens? sure.
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Or could they be an ancestor of homo erectus? no, homo erectus was present millions of years ago.
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And so choice a is not correct...