What are the major trends in human evolution

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What are the major trends in human evolution? Be able to identify five and describe how these trends are evidenced in the fossil record of members of the Genus Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo. You should refer to specific fossil/archaeological evidence and provide the time period/date associated with the evidence.

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