What Does the Positioning of the Toe Indicated by the Arrow

question 53

Multiple Choice

What does the positioning of the toe indicated by the arrow in this figure suggest about the owner of this fossil hominid foot?

• A)This hominid probably spent all of its time climbing through trees.
• B)This hominid was a hybrid produced from the mating of a Neandertal and an archaic human.
• C)This hominid has a partially opposable toe. It probably walked upright and spent some time in trees.
• D)This hominid was a member of an extinct line of human evolution that lived exclusively in water. It was probably the source of the myth of the mermaid.

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