Questions 11-13 ask about Passage A.
12. As it is used in (the highlighted sentence), the term genetic bombshell most nearly refers to Paabo and his team’s:
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is G
Explanation
The meaning of this sentence is that the discovery of Paabo is a shocking news in the genetic field, and it seems to confirm that Neanderthals are a different species from humans. L14-16, through DNA comparison, it was found that the genes of Neanderthals and humans were different.
G item: conform to the positioning information.
Item F: A creative way to study DNA in mitochondria.
Item H: Indicates that DNA from Neanderthals is in humans.
Item J: Neanderthals had the same genes as modern humans.