Compared to the Upper Paleolithic modern humans, Neanderthal

a. burials are more complex, usually containing hundreds of tools.
b. burials usually contain several individuals, precisely oriented relative to each other.
c. tools are usually more sophisticated.
d. tools are made of materials transported (traded) over long distances.
e. burials go back at least 90,000 years at Tabun.


c

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A. a species in the same genus as the gorilla B. Old World monkeys C. a species in the same genus as the chimpanzee D. lesser apes

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