Hi i found this question online and i cant figure out whether the correct answer

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Hi i found this question online and i cant figure out whether the correct answer is a or b

Figure 1 This phylogeny shows the evolutionary relationship of several groups of animals. The cartoons represent living groups of animals. The letters lower on the tree represent ancestral species. For 1 & 2 indicate whether the statement is correct by circling the letter next to the TRUE or FALSE statement with the correct reason. 1. According to Figure 1, Newts are more closely related to Sunfish than to Chimpanzees. A) TRUE, because newts share a common ancestor with sunfish B) TRUE, because newts are closer to sunfish in the tree. C) TRUE, because the ancestor of sunfish (Q) is connected to the ancestor of newts (R) whereas the ancestor of chimpanzees (T is separated by one ancestor (SO D FALSE, because newts share a more recent common ancestor with chimpanzees than sunfish E FALSE, because newts are much more primitive than chimpanzees

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C. is correct because sunfish is originated from newt where chimpanzee and newt having one more generation in between them. so the nature is more close to the sunfiah

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