Thread
profile picture
stoodystuff
Student XII IPS
Local legends say that Borneo's few thousand wild elephants are descendants from those brought to an Island from India or Malaysia as a gift to a sultan in the eighteenth century. Biologists from Columbia University's Centre for Environmental Research and Conservation compared DNA samples from Borneo elephants with Asian elephants in Sumatra, India and elsewhere. Findings confirmed their (1) __ _: Borneo's elephants are genetically different. In fact, the DNA (2) are so great between them and their closest relatives (elephants in Peninsular Malaysia) that the populations may have separated up to 300,000 years ago, say the scientists. The animals become isolated when the island became totally cut off from the mainland due to a rise in sea level. Borneo's elephants are, therefore, an important, separate population. 1. Choose the word that best suits number (1)! A. Suspects C. Suspiciously E. Suspicions B. Suspicious D. Suspecting 2. Choose the word that best suits number (2) A. Different C. Differences B. Differs D. Differentiate E. Differential
4 tahun yang lalu
total answer
0
total comment
0
share

Jawaban (0)