The Paranthropus finds at Olduvai Gorge date to around:

A. 4.40 million years ago
B. 2.75 million years ago
C. 1.75 million years ago
D. 1 million years ago


C. 1.75 million years ago

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A) Branisella B) Purgatorius C) Aegyptopithecus D) Proconsul E) Dryopithecus

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The continued existence of most types of primates is endangered. What are the main reasons for this?

What will be an ideal response?

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.H. Hardy helped to meld concepts developed by ________ and ________

a. Darwin; Mendel b. Mendel; Weinberg c. Darwin; Edwards d. Hamilton; Williams

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What is the origin of capoeira?

a. Capoeira originated as a way of adapting to an oppressed environment in which there was almost no other outlet for frustration and anger. b. Capoeira originated among the oppressed slaves and was a way of telling their history as entertainment to the slave owners. c. Capoeira emerged out of the Carnivale tradition and is a European-Afro-Brasileiro dance style. d. Capoeira originated with the upper classes of slave owners who brought this dance form from Portugal and then combined it with the slave traditions in Brazil. e. Capoeira originated in West Africa and was imported with slavery to Brazil.

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