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Assertion: Human evolution occurred in Asia and Africa.
Reason: The earliest fossils of the prehistoric man have been found from the late Miocene of Shivalik hills in India.

A

If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

B

If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is not the
correct explanation of the Assertion.

C

If Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

D

If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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