Which of the following statements is true regarding the Olduvai sites?
A) The home bases found at Olduvai are now interpreted as spots where hominins ate their prey.
B) Paleoanthropologists cannot distinguish between animal tooth marks and stone-tool marks on animal bones found at Olduvai.
C) Taphonomic evidence suggests that the Oldowan hominins only acquired meat by scavenging.
D) Taphonomic evidence suggests that the Oldowan hominins were sometimes hunters and sometimes scavengers.

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Taphonomic evidence, which is the study of the processes affecting organisms after their death, suggests that the Oldowan hominins were sometimes hunters and sometimes scavengers. This is based on the presence of cut marks and percussion marks on animal bones found at the Olduvai sites, indicating that the hominins were actively processing the meat using stone tools. However, there are also signs of gnawing from carnivores, indicating that they were sometimes scavenging as well. A and B are incorrect because home bases have been interpreted as locations for many different activities, including but not limited to eating prey, and paleoanthropologists have methods for distinguishing between tool marks and tooth marks. C is incorrect because some evidence suggests that hunting did occur, as mentioned above.

Which of the Following Statements Is True Regarding the Olduvai