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All the human races like Africans, Asians, Europeans, Americans, and others might have evolved from a common ancestor. Provide a few pieces of evidence in support of this view.


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Common ancestors of humans:

  1. All humans are said to have common ancestors.
  2. This is because humans have the most similarities to each other.
  3. All humans belong to the same species that is Homo sapiens.
  4. They cant interbreed despite their race to produce similar offspring.
  5. The DNA of all humans is 99.9% the same.
  6. The chromosome number in all humans is the same - 46, and their genotype is similar.
  7. Evolutionary studies of humans show that we all come from Africa.
  8. Other similarities in humans include physiology, body structure, body hair, metabolism, brain size, locomotion, etc.

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