In what century did paleoanthropologists begin to observe living apes to shed light on the lifeways of the fossil species they were discovering?
A)Late 17th
B)Early 18th
C)Mid 19th
D)Mid 20th
E)Late 20th

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Paleoanthropologists began observing living apes to shed light on the lifeways of the fossil species they were discovering in the mid 20th century, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. This approach became known as "paleoethology" and involved studying the behavior of living apes to make inferences about the behavior of extinct hominins.

In What Century Did Paleoanthropologists Begin to Observe Living Apes