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It has long been supposed that Neanderthal humans were replaced by modern humans. Most anthropologists thought that the two groups did not have contact or interbreed. However, a recent archaeological dig found Neanderthal artifacts and modern human artifacts mixed together, indicating that there was some contact between the two. The archaeologists leading this dig have published a new article asserting that, in fact, Neanderthals and modern humans did live side by side and interbreed.
Which of the following evidence would provide the strongest support for the archaeologists' claim?
  • a)
    Carbon dating of the artifacts that reveals they are the same age.
  • b)
    Burials in which there are Neanderthal and modern human bones.
  • c)
    DNA analysis of bones that indicates the presence of Neanderthal and modern human DNA in the same individual.
  • d)
    Cave paintings that depict Neanderthals and modern humans.
  • e)
    Modern human villages built directly on top of Neanderthal villages.
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
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Explanation: C is correct because a key part of the archaeologists' claim is that the two groups interbred. The only way to show this definitively would be to find the remains of an individual with DNA from both groups.
A is incorrect because such dating will only show that the groups may have been contemporary. It does not speak to them living side by side (artifacts could be found or traded for over distances) or that they interbred.
B is incorrect because such burials may show that the two groups lived together, but not that they interbred.
D is incorrect because such paintings might show that the two groups lived together, but not that they interbred.
E is incorrect because such villages may have been built on abandoned sites – they do not prove contact between the groups.
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