Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: The mathematical concept of "zero" was born not

I was debating between option C and E.. and went with E, thinking that 'had' was properly placed.

Looks like I was wrong in thinking that it was a proper use of past perfect 'had.' Why is it incorrect? Is it because of parallelism?

'was not born..' is a simple past, so it should be 'but evolved', which is also a simple past?

thx in advance!

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