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

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