-The Table Above Is a Comparison of Several Characteristics of H.floresiensis

Multiple Choice

-The table above is a comparison of several characteristics of H.floresiensis to those of nine other hominin species (arranged roughly from oldest to most recent) .What do these data suggest?

A) A large brain is not necessarily required for toolmaking.
B) Body mass and braincase volume are completely unrelated.
C) The African environment tends to depress braincase volume and body mass.
D) Hominins first evolved in and then radiated out from Asia.
E) H) floresiensis is most closely related to Australopithecus afarensis or A.africanus.