The Extinction of the Australopithecines Suggests That the

question 37

Multiple Choice

The extinction of the australopithecines suggests that the

• A)australopithecines ultimately were unsuccessful in competing with early Homo populations.
• B)broad-spectrum revolution was not adaptive.
• C)australopithecines had no social organization.
• D)transitional stage between apes and humans was very short.
• E)australopithecines are relatively unimportant in the study of human evolution.

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