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-According to the text, this is the earliest member of the genus Homo to appear in the fossil record.

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Match each definition to the correct term -According to the text, this is the earliest member of the genus Homo to appear in the fossil record.

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Homo habilis is the earliest member of the genus Homo to appear in the fossil record.

Answer: C
 Latin binomial refers to the scientific naming system that uses two words to identify a species, such as Homo sapiens or Australopithecus africanus.

Answer: F
 Ardipithecus ramidus is a hominin that lived around 4.4 million years ago, before the appearance of the genus Homo in the fossil record.

Answer: D
 Australopithecus africanus is an extinct hominin species that lived between 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago.

Answer: I
 Homo erectus is an extinct hominin species that lived between 1.8 million and 300,000 years ago and is known for being the first hominin to leave Africa.

Answer: G
 Neanderthals were a species of archaic humans that lived between 400,000 and 40,000 years ago in Europe and Asia.

Answer: H
 Chimpanzees are great apes that are closely related to humans and are known for their advanced social and cognitive abilities.

Answer: J
 Astragalus is a bone in the ankle joint that is used to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships of hominin species.

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