A 2001 fossil find called Orrorin tugenensis,dated 6 million years of age,
A) appears to have been a chimp-sized creature that climbed easily and walked on two legs when on the ground.
B) lacks any possible evidence that it was bipedal.
C) is the undisputed "missing link."
D) was found in South America, suggesting that the transition into bipedalism may have happened there.
E) is older than the famous Toumai find.
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