Imagine You Are a Paleoanthropologist

question 45

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are a paleoanthropologist. You have found a fossil that dates to 190 ka in Africa, and it has a high, rounded skull; a cranial capacity of 1,400 cc; and long, thin femora (thigh bones) . How would you classify this specimen?

• A) Homo ergaster
• B) Homo heidelbergensis
• C) Homo sapiens
• D) Homo neanderthalensis

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