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An anthropologist finds a fossil that is 2 million years old, and it had simple tools nearby. To which species could the specimen belong?
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
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Homo habilis.
Reason: Homo habilis lived around 2–1.4 million years ago and is associated with the earliest simple stone tools (Oldowan). Australopithecus afarensis is much older, A. africanus is less clearly a toolmaker, and Homo erectus appears slightly later (~1.9 Ma) and is linked with more advanced tool types.
Reason: Homo habilis lived around 2–1.4 million years ago and is associated with the earliest simple stone tools (Oldowan). Australopithecus afarensis is much older, A. africanus is less clearly a toolmaker, and Homo erectus appears slightly later (~1.9 Ma) and is linked with more advanced tool types.
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