Why Is So Little Known About the Transition to Early

Multiple Choice

Why is so little known about the transition to early hominins?

A) There are few Miocene ape fossils from Africa, which is where the earliest hominin fossils have been found.
B) There are hardly any hominin fossils with which we can compare ape fossils.
C) The Miocene ape fossils overlap with early hominins, and there are many intermediate forms.
D) The transition to hominins happened very suddenly, and there are few comparable skeletal traits between them and the apes.