Which of the following traits distinguish early hominins from other apes? the use of fire the absence of tails the use of tools bipedalism an enlarged brain (relative to the body size)
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As hominins diverged from other primates, which of the following appeared first? $$ \begin{array}{ll}{\text { (A) reduced jawbones }} & {\text { (C) the making of stone tools }} \\ {\text { (B) an enlarged brain }} & {(\text { D) bipedal locomotion }}\end{array} $$
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