The association of hominin tools and animal bones is more likely to mean that early hominins were responsible for these bone accumulations if
A) the bones and stone tools are found at the same archaeological site.
B) the bones have carnivore gnaw marks on them.
C) the bones have possible stone-tool cut marks on them.
D) the bones show evidence of having been moved by water.

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The presence of possible stone-tool cut marks on the bones indicates that early hominins were involved in the accumulation of the bones. The other choices (A, B, and D) do not necessarily provide evidence of hominin involvement. Bones and stone tools might occur together at a site, for example, because they are both naturally occurring materials in the area. Carnivore gnaw marks on bones suggest that animals fed on the carcass, but they do not necessarily indicate that the animal was killed by hominins. Evidence of water movement of bones is suggestive of a flood or other natural event, not hominin activity.

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