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Assessment Questions 3.4
1. What aspects of skeletal anatomy indicate bipedalism in early hominins?
Answer:
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?
Answer:
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?
Answer:
The fundamental characteristic is bipedalism.