Which of the following is true about current scholarship relating to the australopiths?
A. it is unclear whether they are hominins.
B. although hominins they had many apelike features.
C. they are relatively unimportant in the study of human evolution.
D. their remains show that the transitional stage between apes and humans was very short.
E. they had no social organization.
Answer: B
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