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It is hard to imagine today, but for most of humankind's evolutionary history, multiple humanlike species shared the earth. As (1) ---- as 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens lived alongside several kindred forms, including the Neandertals and tiny Homo floresiensis. For decades, scientists (2) ---- exactly how H. sapiens originated and came to be the last human species standing. Thanks (3) ---- large part to genetic studies in the 1980s, one theory emerged as the clear front-runner. In this view, anatomically modern humans arose in Africa and (4) ---- across the rest of the Old World, completely replacing the existing archaic groups. Exactly how this novel form became the last human species on the earth is mysterious. (5) ---- it happened, the newcomers seemed to have eliminated their competitors without interbreeding with them.
1.
A) recently
B) lately
C) currently
D) temporarily
E) wistfully
2.
A) are being debated
B) were debated
C) have debated
D) must be debating
E) had debated
3.
A) at
B) to
C) by
D) in
E) for
4.
A) made out
B) put out
C) spread out
D) ruled out
E) wiped out
5.
A) Even so
B) However
C) As a result
D) To this end
E) On the other hand
1.
A) recently
B) lately
C) currently
D) temporarily
E) wistfully
2.
A) are being debated
B) were debated
C) have debated
D) must be debating
E) had debated
3.
A) at
B) to
C) by
D) in
E) for
4.
A) made out
B) put out
C) spread out
D) ruled out
E) wiped out
5.
A) Even so
B) However
C) As a result
D) To this end
E) On the other hand