Robert Broom discovered and described adult australopithecines from South African fossil sites. These fossils showed that
A) two species of australopithecines had inhabited South Africa
B) the Taung child was a nonhominid chimpanzee
C) Paranthropus predated Australopithecus by about a million years
D) all australopithecines possessed small grinding molars and were probably frugivores
E) the australopithecines could all be classified as members of a single genus and species
Question 2
Studies suggest that the New World
A) was reached by modern humans crossing the Beringia land bridge some 20,000 to 40,000 years ago
B) was first inhabited by archaic humans some 55,000 years ago
C) was reached by boat from Asia around 11,500 years ago
D) had no human inhabitants until about 10,000 years ago
E) was reached by modern humans crossing the Beringia land bridge some 12,0000 years ago
Male coloration in African cichlids.
Wandering Albatross at South Georgia Island
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Key features of robust australopithecines.
The Mauer mandible, discovered in Germany in 1907.
Fossil fuel emissions and climate change