Stone tools are sometimes found associated with animal bones. While this might mean that the animals were killed by hominins, what else could explain their association?

A) Flowing water brought the stones and animal bones to the same location.
B) The animals made the stone tools themselves.
C) Both the animal bones and the stone tools were stored there by hominins.
D) Scavenging animals placed the bones and the tools in a cache together.


A) Flowing water brought the stones and animal bones to the same location.

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