Identify ONE claim that the author makes in the passage regarding the “two roads” toward modern nation building.

Hominids

*Appeared 3 to 4 million years ago in souther and eastern Africa.

*Humanlike creatures called primates

*Mary and Louis Leakey excavated hominid fossils in the Great Rift Valley

*"Lucy," and Australopithecine fossil, found in 1974.

*Three major differences from earlier primates: bipedalism (gives ability to walk upright), a sizable brain (enables abstract thought and fine motor control), and a larynx (allows for complex speech)

*Thought-processing ability led to alteration of the natural environment to suit human needs