The footprints at Laetoli indicate that very early hominins:
A. hopped on one leg.
B. used stone tools.
C. walked on four legs.
D. walked on two legs.
Answer: D
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The transition to bipedality happened because the species ancestral to hominins was a marginal forager who faced extinction if it did not change quickly
a. true b. false
One of the most surprising aspects of the recent discovery of H. floresiensis is the
A. suggestion that this species had developed capacities for language despite their small brains, as is evidenced in their cave art. B. suggestion that anatomically modern humans may have reached the Americas much earlier than expected. C. evidence of sophisticated cultural abilities typically associated with anatomically modern humans, not with a hominin with a chimplike brain and extremities. D. evidence that this new species may have replaced Neandertals in the Middle East later than expected. E. archaeological evidence of sophisticated astronomical knowledge.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.