The fossil known as Au. sediba is important because

A. there is debate about whether it should be a member of Homo sapiens.
B. it bears no evidence of being bipedal, but it has a large brain.
C. it was found with the earliest stone tools seen thus far.
D. it has anatomy similar to both australopithecines and Homo.
E. a team of prominent paleoanthropologists found it on their first day in the field.


D

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