Homo Habilis had relatively short legs. This suggests that it retained a primitive form of bipedalism more similar to australopithecines than modern humans, as is the case with many of its features. O True O False

Homo Habilis had relatively short legs. This suggests that it retained a primitive form of bipedalism more similar to australopithecines than modern humans, as is the case with many of its features. O True O False

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Chapter15: Animal Evolution

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Homo Habilis had relatively short legs. This suggests that it retained a primitive form
of bipedalism more similar to australopithecines than modern humans, as is the case
with many of its features.
O True
O False

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