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Bipedalism, considered a key defining characteristic that differentiated early hominins from other apes,
 
  A. may have evolved as a result of anatomical changes caused by stone tool manufacturing.
  B. evolved as a result of anatomical changes caused by an increase in brain size.
  C. perhaps developed in the woodlands but became even more adaptive in a savanna habitat.
  D. resulted in greater exposure to heat stress because on two feet, hominins spent increasingly more time in the open grasslands.
  E. was accompanied by a sharp increase in hominins' climbing abilities.

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Which of the following was a key obstacle that hominins' increase in brain size had to overcome?
 
  A. larger skulls demanding more elastic birth canals, even though the requirements of skeletal development during a woman's lifetime limit the elasticity of birth canals
  B. the challenges of walking with a head that is too heavy
  C. overcoming the trend of clumsy locomotion that makes hominins vulnerable to predators
  D. overcoming the trend of ever more self-sufficient children eager to separate themselves from their mothers
  E. larger skulls demanding larger birth canals, even though the requirements of upright bipedalism impose limits on the expansion of the human pelvic opening



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cclemon1

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E




skymedlock

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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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