You are excavating at a hominin site in South Africa. Your trowel has just unearthed a skull of a hominin that has a large protruding (prognathic) face, large brow ridges, a sloping forehead, and a massive sagittal crest

You have probably found an example of which of the following?
A. Homo erectus
B. Australopithecus africanus
C. Australopithecus robustus
D. Homo habilis


Answer: C

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Australopithecus africanus was also large-toothed but not as extremely so as

a. Paranthropus. b. Homo habilis. c. Homo sapians. d. A. sediba. e. A. afarensis

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Hunting is a distinctive human activity not shared with the apes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Paul Farmer has done most of his work in __________

A) Mexico B) Haiti C) Guatemala D) Puerto Rico

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