Why is there debate over the classification of Kenyanthropus platyops?

A) There are many specimens with an unusually wide range of physical variation.
B) The skull is distorted, and there are no other fossils available for comparison.
C) The skull is physically indistinguishable from australopithecines but was found in another region.
D) The fossil was described by the Leakeys but has since been lost, preventing further study.


B) The skull is distorted, and there are no other fossils available for comparison.

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A. An-yang B. Mohenjo-daro C. Gujarat D. Uruk E. Jenné-jeno

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All humans were foragers until approximately

A. 1,000 years ago. B. 12,000 years ago. C. 100,000 years ago. D. 10 million years ago. E. 1 million years ago.

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The Tiv lack a concept for what Europeans call a ghost

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Language is any form of communication that involves __________

a. sounds, symbols, and words b. symbols, grammar, and call systems c. symbols, displacement, and productivity d. duality of patterning, displacement, and productivity

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