Neanderthals and Modern Humans – IELTS Reading Answers

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Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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The answers to questions 1-13 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
1	C	Homo neanderthalensis, lived, Europe, Asia, 400,000 years ago, 30,000 years ago, end of this period, shared, with, Homo sapiens	Para B, first 3 lines
2	B	who were spreading out from Africa	Para B, line 3
3	A	arrival, Homo sapiens, quickly followed by the disappearance of Neanderthals	Para B, last 2 lines
4	C	the two species were inter-fertile	Para E, first 2 lines
5	A	no Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA, turned up in modern humans	Para E, lines 2-3
6	D	new, more extensive examination, shows this conclusion is wrong	Para D, lines 5-7
7	B	For reasons which are as yet unknown	Para B, line 4
8	G	Neanderthals and moderns share, same version, gene, FOXP2, involved, ability to speak	Para G, lines 3-5
9	A	However, Svante Paabo, Max Planck Institute, made, comparison possible	Para A, lines 3-5
10	E	strange, no Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA, in modern humans, usual pattern of invasion invaders’ males, mate with the invaded’s females	Para E, lines 2-4
11	interbreeding	two species were inter-fertile	Para E, line 2
12	growth	gene, RUNX2, controls bone growth	Para G, first 2 lines
13	Little-finger bone	using mitochondrial DNA, little-finger bone	Para G, line 6

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