Of the following species, which is oldest?

A. Paranthropus robustus
B. Paranthropus boisei
C. Australopithecus africanus
D. Australopithecus afarensis


D. Australopithecus afarensis

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A) Libya B) Tunisia C) Morocco D) Iran

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The practice of sororal polygyny tends to maximize stress and competition within the family

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

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Raymond Dart believed that the presence of many broken bones at Makapansgat represented:

A. deliberately manufactured bone tools B. an osteodontokeratic culture C. the result of carnivore activity D. deliberately manufactured bone tools and an osteodontokeratic culture E. all of these

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An unconformity is:

A. a scientific theory that does not conform to other theories on the same general phenomenon B. a hoax, such as the Piltdown hoax C. a surface that represents breaks in the stratigraphic record D. an index fossil that appears to be from the wrong time period

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