Which of the following, if found to be true, would negate the main message of the passage?

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Which of the following, if found to be true, would negate the main message of the passage?

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A.
A study indicating the primacy of ecological impact on human adaptation.
B.
A study highlighting the criticality of epigenetic inheritance to evolution.
C.
A study affirming the sole influence of natural selection and inheritance on evolution.
D.
A study affirming the influence of socio-cultural markers on evolutionary processes.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The main idea of the passage is that evolution is shaped by several factors—genomics, epigenetics and developmental biology—and cannot be fully and satisfactorily explained by natural selection and subsequent inheritance alone. Options 1, 2 and 4 would support this. Only option 3 negates the main idea of the passage.