Question 1

What cultural trait is unique to hominins?

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Question 2

Matching.Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.lived from approximately 200,000 to 30,000 years ago; stocky body adapted to colder climates
b.lived about 1.9 million years ago until 53,000 years ago; cranial capacity approximately 1,000 cubic centimeters; bipedal
c.lived about 30 million years ago near Fayum
d.modern humans since 195,000 years ago
e.Lucy; lived about 3.2 million years ago
-Neanderthals

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Neanderthals are a population of Homo spp. that lived from as recently as 28,000 years ago; tool users and artisans.

Answer: F
 Neanderthals are an informal name for chimpanzee-sized hominins that lived in Africa from 4 million to 1.2 million years ago.

Question 3

Did H.sapiens mate with H.neanderthalensis? How do we know?

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Question 4

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below.
a.Homo habilis
b.Homo erectus
c.Homo sapiens
d.Homo neanderthalensis
-This species was the first known to use fire.

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Question 5

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below.
a.Homo habilis
b.Homo erectus
c.Homo sapiens
d.Homo neanderthalensis
-Our own species evolved from this species.

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Question 6

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below.
a.Homo habilis
b.Homo erectus
c.Homo sapiens
d.Homo neanderthalensis
-This species was the first Homo species definitely known to use tools.

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Homo habilis is widely regarded as the first Homo species to use tools, which were primarily made of stone flakes.

Question 7

What skeletal features differentiate modern humans from apes, and what common purpose do all these differences serve?

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Question 8

Why is it so difficult to identify the beginnings of the hominin line?

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Question 9

Matching.Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.lived from approximately 200,000 to 30,000 years ago; stocky body adapted to colder climates
b.lived about 1.9 million years ago until 53,000 years ago; cranial capacity approximately 1,000 cubic centimeters; bipedal
c.lived about 30 million years ago near Fayum
d.modern humans since 195,000 years ago
e.Lucy; lived about 3.2 million years ago
-Homo sapiens

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Homo sapiens refers to modern humans, and they have been around for approximately 195,000 years.

Answer: B
 Homo erectus, which had a smaller brain and a different gait, came before Homo sapiens. However, Homo sapiens were the first hominins with a significantly larger brain and a gait similar to modern humans.

Answer: D
 Lucy was a hominin that lived about 3.2 million years ago but was not part of the Homo genus. She was an Australopithecus afarensis.

Answer: A
 Homo neanderthalensis, not Homo sapiens, were shorter with stockier bodies adapted to colder climates. They also existed before Homo sapiens.

Question 10

Matching.Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.lived from approximately 200,000 to 30,000 years ago; stocky body adapted to colder climates
b.lived about 1.9 million years ago until 53,000 years ago; cranial capacity approximately 1,000 cubic centimeters; bipedal
c.lived about 30 million years ago near Fayum
d.modern humans since 195,000 years ago
e.Lucy; lived about 3.2 million years ago
-Homo erectus

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Homo erectus arose in Africa about 2 million years ago; had a significantly larger brain than earlier hominins and a gait similar to modern humans.

Answer: A
 Homo erectus was shorter than modern humans, but stood upright; had a stocky body adapted to colder climates.

Answer: D
 Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago and is believed to be one of the oldest hominins in the human family tree.

Answer: C
 Modern humans have been around since about 195,000 years ago.

Question 11

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below.
a.Homo habilis
b.Homo erectus
c.Homo sapiens
d.Homo neanderthalensis
-The Neanderthals belong to this species.

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Homo neanderthalensis, also known as Neanderthals, is the species to which they belong.

Quiz 26: Animal Evolutionhuman Evolution

What cultural trait is unique to hominins?

Did H.sapiens mate with H.neanderthalensis? How do we know?

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below. a.Homo habilis b.Homo erectus c.Homo sapiens d.Homo neanderthalensis -This species was the first known to use fire.

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below. a.Homo habilis b.Homo erectus c.Homo sapiens d.Homo neanderthalensis -Our own species evolved from this species.

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below. a.Homo habilis b.Homo erectus c.Homo sapiens d.Homo neanderthalensis -This species was the first Homo species definitely known to use tools.

What skeletal features differentiate modern humans from apes, and what common purpose do all these differences serve?

Why is it so difficult to identify the beginnings of the hominin line?

Classification.Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four hominids listed below. a.Homo habilis b.Homo erectus c.Homo sapiens d.Homo neanderthalensis -The Neanderthals belong to this species.