Why does your textbook classify early human ancestors using the genus "australopithecines" instead of a series of species?

a. This was a transitional species in the fossil record

b. Scientists have found very few specimens and are not sure if this is a category.
c. There is little diversity in this group of human ancestors.
d. It is unclear exactly how many species exist.


d

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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