The Discoveries at Olduvai Are Important Because

question 30

Multiple Choice

The discoveries at Olduvai are important because

• A) they documented the early presence of hominins in Africa.
• B) they provided the first finds of Homo sapiens.
• C) they gave the age of the first hominins as around 500,000 years ago.
• D) they shifted attention to East Asia as the cradle of human evolution.

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