Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 5MC
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The hominins include members of genus Homo that have humans and their close relatives under them. Hominins have descended from genus Australopithecines. The first Australopithecines were evolved in Africa and named as Australopithecus africanus. These hominins could walk upright and had limbs like that of apes. They were believed to be the ancestors of early humans.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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