The association of hominin tools and animal bones is more likely to mean that early hominins were responsible for these bone accumulations if the bones

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Possible stone-tool cut marks on animal bones suggest that early hominins were responsible for the accumulations. The presence of stone tools at the same site (choice A) may indicate a hominin presence but not necessarily their responsibility for the accumulation of animal bones. Carnivore gnaw marks (choice B) suggest that the bones were scavenged, but not necessarily by hominins. Evidence of water transport (choice D) could indicate natural accumulation rather than hominin activity.

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