Which of the Following Statements Is True About the Miocene

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about the Miocene hominids?

• A)The Miocene hominids were very monkeylike,yet were moving around the trees using suspensory behavior.
• B)While the Miocene hominids possessed apelike dentition,their postcranial skeletons were very generalized and did not show the postcranial specializations found in living apes.
• C)The Miocene hominids were specialized leaf-eating primates,although there is some evidence that they hunted small game.
• D)The direct ancestor of the orangutan and gorilla has been identified among the Miocene hominid fossils.

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