Assessment Questions 3.4

1. What aspects of skeletal anatomy indicate bipedalism in early hominins?

The morphology of their femurs and the positioning of their skulls on their vertebral columns.

2. Despite being bipedal, what is mentioned about the brains of early hominins?

The brains were of a size and configuration virtually indistinguishable from some species of fossil and modern apes.

3. What is the fundamental characteristic of the first hominins mentioned in the passage?

The fundamental characteristic is bipedalism.

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