In cladistic analyses, the most cladogram is often regarded as the best one because it requires the fewest evolutionary changes needed to explain the data.

i think the miocene epoch spans the time from 23 million to 12 million years ago.

i am positive it is c. condensing but i may be wrong

there's the proffessional site that will you.

the correct answer is - d. china has a large and growing population.

the fact that china has a large (the biggest) population, and it is still growing, doesn't hinder the agriculture production in the country. in fact, it can for increased production in the agriculture, since there's more labor force, as well the sheer mass of people produces lots of scientists that come up with new inventions as to how to improve this sector. nice example is the inner mongolia region in china, in general dominated by the gobi desert, but few scientist came up with a nice idea as to how to make the region productive by using plants that are very resistant to droughts, so lots of people have been employed, and the region is becoming greener and greener each year, and the production of food in this region is also increasing.