Which of the Following Statements About Early Use of Tools

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about early use of tools by hominins is NOT true?

• A) Early hominin toolmakers were most likely right-handed.
• B) Experimental analysis of fossil bone tools from australopithecine sites in South Africa suggests that they were used as digging sticks.
• C) It is clear that the australopithecines were not capable of making stone tools.
• D) Mode 1 refers to the method used to make Oldowan stone tools.

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