Paleoanthropological evidence indicates that Australopithecus afarensis probably:

A) used spoken language.
B) constructed simple tools.
C) did not construct tools, but used fire.
D) did not construct tools nor used fire.
E) did not speak, but did use pictorial symbolism.

Australopithecus afarensis, dating from about 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago, is not known to have used fire or to have constructed tools. The earliest clear evidence of tool use comes from later hominins. Fire use is also not attributed to Australopithecus afarensis but to later hominins.