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Which explanation is most likely an effect of the evolution of a larger brain in humans?
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A larger brain allowed humans to use tools.B
A larger brain allowed humans to solve complex problems.C
A larger brain allowed humans to better survive disease.D
A larger brain increased humans' ability to fight.2
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In 1998, paleoanthropologist Rick Potts published an article in The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, a peer-reviewed journal. The article was titled “Environmental Hypotheses of Hominin Evolution.” Which statement about Rick Potts would most increase his authority?
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Potts has read hundreds of websites about human evolution.B
Potts has been interested in human evolution since a very young age.C
Potts is the director of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program.D
Potts has posted on many blogs about human evolution.3
Consider the diagram.Which statement is supported by the diagram?
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Homo neanderthalensis is an ancestor of Homo sapiens.B
Homo erectus is an ancestor of Homo sapiens.C
Some ancestors can be on several branches in the hominids.D
Some ancestors of Homo sapiens have not yet been identified.4
An anthropologist finds a fossil that is 4 million years old. Its pelvis suggests it walked upright. Which species could the specimen belong to?
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Australopithecus africanusB
Australopithecus afarensisC
Homo habilisD
Homo erectusDid you find these answers helpful?
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