Australopiths show a trend toward improved upright walking, smaller teeth, and greater hand dexterity. Like other early hominins, they retained a ____

a. vertically split upper lip
b. a skull that opens to the spinal cord at the rear
c. modern human sized brain
d. chimpanzee-sized brain
e. a prehensile tail


d

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