Question

You are reading a scientific paper regarding the relationships of the anatomical and behavioral characteristics of chimpanzees and their implications for early hominid evolution. You note that the authors refer to human ancestors as hominids. This implies that the researchers are relying on

Answer 1

Evolution

Step-by-step explanation:

Archaeologists have attemped to draw up an evolutionary history of humans using evidence of fossil skeletal fragments and cultural artifacts discovered with them. Hominidae family of man and pangidae family of anthropoid apes are thought to have evolved from proconsul or dryopithecus which lived about 20 milllion years ago. The hominidae gave rise to human species and pongidae gave rise to the present day anthropoid apes.