The Toumai fossil, or Sahelanthropus tchadensis, is unique because __________.
a. its features suggest it may actually be the earliest member of Homo
b. it had ape-like facial features but cranial characteristics suggesting bipedalism
c. it provides the earliest evidence of stone tool use
d. it is the oldest hominin fossil ancient DNA as been extracted from
Question 2
Why has the Great Rift Valley of Africa been so important to paleoanthropologist s?
a. The desert environment has made it easy to find fossils.
b. Volcanic activity has helped to date the fossils found there.
c. The numerous caves there have helped preserve ancient hominin remains.
d. Fossils there contain more ancient DNA than those found in other areas.
A fossil of the first known feathered vertebrate, Archaeopteryx, which emerged in the Jurassic perio
Fossil of the extinct Ergilemys insolitus
Cruziana, fossil trilobite furrowing trace
Key Features of Australopithecus africanus.
The growth in demand for energy use is met by burning fossil fuels
Fossil Skeleton: Ichthyosaur