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Creative responses to a challenge can help a species survive. Though paleoanthropologists cannot directly observe the behavior of ancient hominins, they study their fossils, tools, and environments for clues about how they lived. Many behaviors that we recognize as distinctly human today have deep histories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Did Early Hominins Use Tools Like Modern Chimps? <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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