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Northern Tanzania and the Afar Region of Ethiopia Have Yielded

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Northern Tanzania and the Afar region of Ethiopia have yielded some of the most famous and informative glimpses into hominin evolution. Which of the following statements about fossil finds in these areas is FALSE?


A) The fossils from both Laetoli and Hadar are representative of Au. afarensis.
B) Although the fossils from these two regions were deposited half a million years apart, their many resemblances justify including them all as part of the same species, Homo habilis.
C) The fossils from both Laetoli and Hadar, although clearly hominin, were similar in many ways to chimps and gorillas.
D) The Laetoli site in northern Tanzania yielded a series of fossilized footprints.
E) Lucy, a tiny hominin female who lived around 3 m.y.a., was found in the Hadar site in the Afar region of Ethiopia.

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