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| What is one way we can tell that early hominids made their own tools? |
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| Tools were made from rocks not locally available. |
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| A.africanus a South African australopithecine was... |
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| Which statement about human evolution is true? |
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| African apes and modern humans are believed to have evolved from the same common ancestor |
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| Which period is traditionally considered the epoch of human life? |
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| The earliest evidence for bipedal hominids dates back to approx... |
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| Evidence of the earliest hominids has been found in... |
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| Eastern and Southern Africa |
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| Which of the following species dates back furthest in time? |
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| Which change in human evolution did not come about after development of bipedalism? |
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| development of stereoscopic vision |
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| Most paleontologists agree that... |
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| Homo habilis descended from A.afarensis. |
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| what characterizes the change from australopithecines to homo species? |
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| reduction in the size of the teeth |
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| which is not an australopithecus species? |
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| The skeletal remains of a tiny hominid female, dubbed "lucy", belong to which early hominid specie? |
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| One of the discoveries Mary Leakey is known for is |
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| finding fossilized footprints in volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania |
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| There is good fossil evidence that homo coexisted in East Africa with |
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| What important discovery was discovered in 1931 by LSB and Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge? |
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| Which features did the earliest hominids share with African apes? |
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| A.boisei became extinct around |
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| In both Australopithecus and Homo, |
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| the thigh bone angles into the hip from the knees |
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| What happenend during the pleistocene that cooled the world climate? |
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| Who were the first hominids? |
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| Australopithecines 5 million years ago. Upright position and bipedalism. |
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