Question

A hominin fossil that has a long, low skull, projecting face and occipital bone, and large nasal aperture is likely to be classified as having _______ characteristics.

Answer 1

The correct answer is archaic.
The scientific field of human evolution focuses on the development and the evolution of the anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. The term "archaic humans" is often used as a reference to the varieties of Homo who emerged as the earliest anatomically modern humans. These varieties have some distinctive archaic characteristics.