Scientists Rely on Evidence from the Fossil Record to Determine

question 84

Multiple Choice

Scientists rely on evidence from the fossil record to determine how and when events in human evolution occurred.Which of these major milestones in human evolution is NOT correctly dated?

• A) The last common ancestor of modern humans and great apes lived 13 million years ago.
• B) One of the earliest hominids,Ardipithecus ramidus,lived 54 million years ago.
• C) Simple tool use began approximately 2.6 million years ago.
• D) The ability to use and control fire appeared approximately 800,000 years ago.
• E) Hominid brain size began to expand rapidly at some point between 800,000 and 200,000 years ago.

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