Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as…
Biology · NEET · NTA Exams — Evolution
Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason.
STATEMENT - 1 (Assertion): Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them.
STATEMENT - 2 (Reason): Lamarck's theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germ plasm.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
- Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- Assertion is true but Reason is false
- Both Assertion and Reason are false
Answer
(D) Both Assertion and Reason are false
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