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4. - 6. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 5. Which of the following conclusions could be
cevaplayınız. drawn about the Denisovans?
A) Despite the limited fossil record of these
Our first tantalising glimpse of the Denisovans enigmatic humans, their DNA shows that
came in 2010 with genetic analysis of a tooth and they and the Neanderthals shared a common
tiny finger bone found in a cave called Denisova in ancestor.
the Altai mountains of Siberia. The fossil record of B) In spite of some unique characteristics, they
these mysterious humans remains extraordinarily share lots of similar features with humans.
sparse – comprising just four fragments of bone C) Although they deliberately split from the
and teeth and a jawbone found in Tibet. However, Neanderthals, they wanted to meet again after a
their DNA has revealed that about 765,000 years short period of time.
ago, they shared a common ancestor with the
Neanderthals and our species, Homo sapiens. D) Though the first fossil was found in 2010, it is
Once this ancestral population had split, our thought that they became extinct about 430,000
branch of the human family tree stayed in Africa years ago.
while the Neanderthal/Denisovan one moved E) It is still not clearly known exactly when they
into Eurasia. By roughly 430,000 years ago, the became extinct.
Eurasian branch had itself split, ultimately giving
rise to the Neanderthals in western Eurasia and
the Denisovans in the east. It isn’t clear why the
Denisovans and Neanderthals diverged, but a
new idea suggests that as the Arctic ice sheet
expanded southwards to the Black Sea, it divided
the early humans into the east and westerly groups
mentioned above. After tens of thousands of years 6. What can be inferred from the passage?
of independent evolution, members of the three
populations met and interbred. Consequently, five per A) Due to the limited record of this species, it will
cent of the Denisovan genome continues to live on. never be possible to know the Denisovans fully.
B) Once the Eurasian branch split, neither the
Denisovans nor the Neanderthals could meet
again.
C) If it hadn’t been for the expansion of the Arctic
ice, the Denisovans and Neanderthals wouldn’t
have diverged.
D) Although the Denisovans became extinct, their
genes didn’t.
4. It is stated from the passage that our E) Denisovans and Neanderthals were separated
recognition of the Denisovans ----. by geographical barriers long before their
A) has been possible for centuries thanks to the genetic divergence
technology we use
B) is not something new as they have been known
since ancient times
C) was not possible until the year 2010
D) became feasible as we also analyzed the fossils
of the Neanderthals
tantalising (adj.) : tempting, enticing – baştan çıkarıcı
E) is the same as our recognition of the mysterious (adj.) : enigmatic, mystic – gizemli
Neanderthals
sparse (adj.) : rare, scarce – seyrek
comprise (v.) : contain, include – içermek
roughly (adv.) : approximately, roundly – aşağı yukarı
ultimately (adv.) : finally, at last – en sonunda
cut off (v.) : seperate, set apart – ayırmak
interbreed (v.) : crossbreed, hybridize – melezlemek
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