If the environment is radioactive it can.
Example of radioactive genetic mutation ^^
Also if the environment has been polluted it can too.
Example of pollution genetic mutation would be a frog born with extra legs from living in a polluted pond
It is true that the water that came from your faucet could contain molecules that Neanderthals drank.
This is because there is the same amount of water today on Earth as there was when Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago. That is to say that the water that Neanderthals used to drink millions of years ago when these early archaic humans inhabited our planet.
Mutation...are there answer choices?
Answer:
The correct order is -
a. 5 > 3 > 4 > 1 > 2 .
Explanation:
In sedimentary rocks, the bottom layer of the rock form initial and the fossils found in them would be older and the layer on top deposited the latest so the fossils found in the top layer would be the youngest.
Newer layers form or deposited on the layers of the oldest or bottom layer of the sedimentary rocks. Hence, the fossils present in the bottom layer would be the oldest fossil and newer fossils will be above them and the youngest would be top.
Thus, the correct answer is - a. 5 > 3 > 4 > 1 > 2 .