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renzo156

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How have paleoanthropologist s been able to identify right-handedness, and thus the possible development of language, in ancient hominins?
 
  a. Fossils that have more robust right arms
  b. Endocasts that have larger right hemispheres
  c. Patterns in flakes from the production of stone tools
  d. Objects found in the right hands of hominin burials

Question 2

Kanzi and other signing apes teach us that __________.
 
  a. great apes naturally possess some basic linguistic skills
  b. production exceeds comprehension in apes
  c. the learning situation is not critical in language acquisition
  d. only humans have the ability to truly understand each other through sign language



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: a



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