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Ebrown

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Why are most hominin fossil finds in southern Africa from caves?
 
  a. Hominins in southern Africa tended to live in caves.
  b. Predators often dragged hominins they had killed into caves.
  c. Hominin bones fell into caves through holes in the ceiling.
  d. Hominins seemed to have crawled into caves to die.

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How did paleoanthropologist s initially receive Dart's findings on the Taung Child?
 
  a. They were ignored entirely.
  b. They were used to immediately discredit Piltdown man.
  c. They were immediately accepted and used to create a new hominin phylogeny.
  d. They were debated, but Piltdown man was still widely accepted as the earliest hominin.


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aliotak

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: d


Ebrown

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Gracias!

alexanderhamilton

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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