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Assertion: The modern horse evolved during
pliocene epoch.
Reason: It arose from eohippus.
pliocene epoch.
Reason: It arose from eohippus.
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Correct option: D
If both Assertion and Reason are false
Option D (If both Assertion and Reason are false) is correct because the modern horse evolved during the Pleistocene epoch, not the Pliocene, and it evolved from a series of ancestors, not directly from Eohippus.
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