Which statement is supported by the fossil record?

The fossil record supports that modern humans and chimpanzees evolved from a shared ancestral population. This does not mean chimpanzees are our ancestors; both lineages developed separately after splitting from their common ancestor. Neanderthals were a close relative of modern humans, not the most recent direct ancestor, and the evidence does not support that most human ancestors originated in Europe.

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