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DI Question 47 1 pts The female Australopithecus afarensis \"Lucy o had opposabl

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DI Question 47 1 pts The female Australopithecus afarensis "Lucy o had opposable big toes like a modern chimpanzee O was proven to be a fraud by radio carbon dating, like Piltdown Man was an early gracile bipedal hominin that lived in Central East Africa O had a cranial capacity of about l 300 ce, similar to that of a modern human D Question 48 1 pts The Taung child specimen o is am carly Avatragtdhecus atricanus recognized by Raymon art but largely ignoredlby the scientific community when it was discovered O turned out to be the skull of a juvenile chimpanzee was too young when it died to be of any importance for understanding human evolution O is a very small modern human that lived about 2 million years ago 1 pts Question 49 o is evidence that gracile hominins lived in South Africa about 2 mom years ago 0 has been proven to be the ancestor of Lucy (A. afarensis) o made the Lactols footprints in Tancania over 3.5 million years ago was found in association with multiple stone tools 1 pts D Question 50 Paranthropus bolsel appears to have eaten fbrous foods that were ditmcult to process based on examination of their very large molar teeth and large jaw muscle attachment points True

Explanation / Answer

47) The answer will be was a gracile bipedal hominin that lived in Central East Africa (Option 3).

Explanation: Lucy was discovered in Ethiopia (East African country) where she lived. It was also discovered from its skeleton that she was bipedal.

48) The answer will be is an early Australopithecus africanus recognized by Raymond Dart but largely ignored by the scientific community when it was discovered (Option 1).

Explanation: It was discovered in 1924 in Taung, South Africa & Raymond Dart described it as a new species in the journal Nature in 1925. But initially scientific community criticize him & reluctant to accept his theory.

49) The answer will be is evidence that gracile hominins lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago (Option 1).

Explanation: Option 3 & 4 are wrong. It's hotly debated whether they are successor of Lucy. So, option 2 is also wrong.