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shofmannx20

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Why has it been difficult for paleoanthropologist s to identify the earliest hominin species?
 
  a. The fossil record for hominins between 10 and 6 million years ago has too many specimens to classify.
  b. No hominin finds date from 7 to 4.4 million years ago.
  c. Hominin fossils from the late Miocene are very fragmentary and show only slight differences from apes.
  d. There are no possible candidates still under analysis.

Question 2

The __________ is a space in the tooth row that allows the canine of the lower jaw to slide past the third premolar in apes and early hominins.
 
  a. maxilla
  b. mandible
  c. diastema
  d. double cusp


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kalskdjl1212

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

Correct Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: c


shofmannx20

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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