Robert Broom discovered and described adult australopithecines from South African fossil sites. These fossils showed that
A) two species of australopithecines had inhabited South Africa
B) the Taung child was a nonhominid chimpanzee
C) Paranthropus predated Australopithecus by about a million years
D) all australopithecines possessed small grinding molars and were probably frugivores
E) the australopithecines could all be classified as members of a single genus and species
A
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a. hunter-gatherer environments; fatty foods b. cities; pollution c. tropical forests; antibiotics d. open environments; vaccines
Which of these cannot be detected by forensic anthropologists?
A) sex B) age C) skin color D) stature
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a. an increase in divorces b. an increase in average family size c. an increase in home ownership d. the two-car family
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a. Has no connection to the rest of Indian society. b. Is ignored by Indian society. c. Was introduced by the British into Indian society. d. Has disappeared from Indian society. e. Has a ritual role in Indian society.