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Transcribed Image Text:Four of the following statements about fossils found on the island of Flores are true. Which one is the exception?
O a. They have a heavy brow ridge.
O b. They have been described to be like "hobbits."
OC. They have very small brains.
d. They are shorter than modern humans.
O e. They are 200,000 years old.
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