Imagine That You Are an Archaeologist on a Dig Somewhere

question 48

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are an archaeologist on a dig somewhere on an East Asian island and than you begin to excavate an area littered with stone tools that also has the remains of an ancient fire. Subsequent carbon dating of the charcoal from the fire yields a date of 100,000 years before the present. Given these circumstances, which species would you expect most likely set that fire?

• A) Australopithecus afarensis
• B) Homo erectus
• C) Homo ergaster
• D) Ardipithecus ramidus

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