A 1.8 million year old maxilla from the western portion of Olduvai Gorge may indicate that
A) Paranthropus is the actual ancestor of Homo
B) H. habilis had grinding teeth as large as those of H. rudolphensis
C) H. rudolphensis and H. habilis are in fact a single species
D) early Homo is in fact an Australopithecine
E) Homo erectus dates as far back as early Homo and may be a contemporary rather than a descendant
C
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