Australopithecus Had at Least Seven Species

question 37

Multiple Choice

Australopithecus had at least seven species,

• A) Au. anamensis, Au. afarensis, Au. kenyanthropus, Au. kadabba, Au. garhi, Au. robustus, and Au. sediba.
• B) Au. anamensis, Au. afarensis, Au. africanus, Au. garhi, Au. robustus, Au. boisei, and Au. sediba.
• C) all discovered and named by the Leakey family.
• D) all discovered in Africa except Au. boisei.
• E) but only five of them have been confirmed to be bipedal, thus putting into question that all australopithecines were hominins.

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