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Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
rather than developing independently from
rather than a type that developed independently from
rather than a type whose development was independent of
instead of developing independently from
instead of a development that was independent of
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相比instead of , gmat爱用rather than
branch和type要平行
仔细判断parallel：evolustion VS development. Branch Vs a Type.
branch 要和type平行 independent from
1而不是用语习惯一般优先用rather than，而非instead of，排除DE。
2rather than前是are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution ,其后应（are）***平行,排除A。
3develop动词表达优于名词，选B。
This sentence makes a contrast using the construction/ x rather than y/ or/ x instead of y/; x and y must be parallel in either case.
说错了 不不不 是搭配问题......
BC 选错了 考察核心词 选C 的话 就是 independent了 和前面不能比
Sth are a branch of x, rather than a type that
V is preferred to N, 所以developed优于development
sth developed independently from发展从。。。独立出来；development that be independent of 表示。。。的独立
independent of 不依赖…,独立于
The seasons change,independent of anyone's wishes.四季变化不受任何人约束.
independent from 从...中独立出来
Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
1958年,中非共和国脱离法兰西独立.
C. Wrong. The meaning conveyed is erroneous: " Development of X was independent of Y" conveys the meaning that Y had no role in the development of X. (The correct usage is: " X developed independently from Y " - this conveys the meaning that Y is the ancestor of X.)
evolustion VS development. Branch Vs a Type. 并列不能搞错了