The first A. africanus from Taung (South Africa) was found in 1924 and given only cautious endorsement as a hominid for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) all early hominids were found in Asia, not Africa
B) it showed no definite signs of being bipedal
C) Piltdown with its large cranial capacity was still regarded as the ideal type
D) there was still general skepticism about evolution in general
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