Refer to the Scenario Below, and Then Answer the Following

question 8

Essay

Refer to the scenario below, and then answer the following question(s).
In a long forgotten corner of your museum's warehouse, workers find two old crates, each with a set of human fossils and a notebook. The first crate that is brought to you has fossil arm bones longer than leg bones and a pelvic bone suggestive of upright-walking abilities. The notebook states that rocks in the same stratum as the fossils were dated at 3.8 Mya. The second set has limb bones more proportionate to modern humans and also has simple tools in the same box. The notebook states that rocks in the same stratum as the fossils were dated at 1.6 Mya.
-To which species might the fossil hominin in the second crate belong? Briefly explain your answer.

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