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-A hominid thought to have displayed facultative bipedalism.

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Ardpithecus ramidus is the hominid thought to have displayed facultative bipedalism.

Answer: C
 Latin binomial is the two-part naming system used to name species and includes a genus name and a species name.

Answer: D
 Australopithecus africanus is a species of hominid that lived between 3 and 2 million years ago.

Answer: I
 Homo erectus is a species of hominid that lived between 2 million and 200,000 years ago and is known for its first use of fire and the development of more sophisticated tools.

Answer: J
 Astragalus is a bone in the ankle that is used to determine whether a fossil hominid walked bipedally.

The other choices are not related to the definitions given. Founder effect refers to a genetic drift while Chimpanzees and Neanderthals are other species of hominids. Homo habilis is also a hominid but did not display facultative bipedalism as clearly as Ardipithecus ramidus. Convergent evolution is a biological phenomenon where unrelated organisms evolve similar traits in response to similar environments.

Match Each Definition to the Correct Term