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Which of the following does not describe the lives of hominin ancestors and their predecessors?
 
  a. They suffered periodic food shortages that sometimes ended in starvation.
  b. They suffered from traumatic injury and infectious disease.
  c. Their populations were small and mobile.
  d. Their reproductive capacity was much different from the apes.
  e. Infant mortality rates were high.

Question 2

According to the text, the game changer for our ancestors, whether they were australopiths or early Homo, was
 
  a. their first rudimentary attempts at language.
  b. their first rudimentary attempts at technological solutions to problems.
  c. their ability to manage their own lives.
  d. their capabilities to expand into new habitats.
  e. their bipedal locomotion.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

b





 

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