SC: African Wildcat

[ARASH4339]

I cannot figure out, what is the main verb in the following sentence (Answer E), would you please guide me?

E. The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, an exceedingly recent divergence with respect to genetic evolution and one which scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes in the animal.

[jnelson0612]

I cannot figure out, what is the main verb in the following sentence (Answer E), would you please guide me?

E. The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, an exceedingly recent divergence with respect to genetic evolution and one which scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes in the animal.

Sure! The main verb is "descended". The main sentence is:

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 400 years ago.

The stuff following it is all an adverbial modifier describing this in more detail.

The core of the sentence stripped of modifiers is "The cat descended". Check out how many modifiers are in that answer!