Bio 2 - Unit 4 Test B - Hominid Evolution
- 1.The ancient bipedal hominid called "Taung Child" is a member of which species?
- A.
Australopithecus aferensis
- B.
Australopithecus africanus
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 2.The ancient bipedal hominid called "Lucy" is a member of which species?
- A.
Australopithecus aferensis
- B.
Australopithecus africanus
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 3.The ancient bipedal hominid called "Handy Man" is a member of which species?
- A.
Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
Homo habilis
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 4.Modern humans are members of which species?
- A.
Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
Homo habilis
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 5.In the early 1900's a group of "scientists" claimed to find the missing link. Later, it was discovered that the find was a fraud. In what country did this fraud take place?
- A.
Germany
- B.
Great Britain
- C.
Ethiopia
- D.
South Africa
- 6.Which of the following is not a member for the order Primates?
- A.
Lemur
- B.
Gorilla
- C.
Koala
- D.
Orangutan
- 7.Which of the following is not a member of the family Hominidae?
- A.
Homo sapiens
- B.
Australopithecus africanus
- C.
Lemur
- D.
Homo erectus
- 8.Which of the following is not a monkey?
- A.
Homo sapiens
- B.
Baboon
- C.
Lemur
- D.
Tarsier
- 9.The oldest living primate group are the ___.
- A.
Prosimians
- B.
Old world monkeys
- C.
Hominids
- D.
Gorillas
- 10.Which of the following is not a characteristic of hominids?
- A.
Prehensile tails
- B.
Walking upright
- C.
Opposable thumbs
- D.
Large brains
- 11.What is the only hominid to co-exist with Homo sapiens in Europe?
- A.
Homo erectus
- B.
Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
Homo habilis
- D.
Homo robustus
- 12.Humans are thought to be descendants of ___.
- A.
Homo erectus
- B.
Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
Homo habilis
- D.
Paranthropus boisei
- 13.What two groups are most hominid species classified into?
- A.
Australopithecus and Homo
- B.
Africanus and habilis
- C.
Homo and sapiens
- D.
Australopithecus and Anthropida
- 14.In searching for the origins of humanity, what characteristic did scientists identify as the first step in human evolution?
- A.
Bipedal locomotion
- B.
Language
- C.
Art and imagination
- D.
Large brain
- 15.Why is it most common to find only the skull of an ancient hominid?
- A.
They only buried the heads of the dead.
- B.
Scavengers can carry off the smaller bones much more easily.
- C.
Skulls tend to look more like rocks.
- D.
Other hominids cannibalize their dead.
- 16.Scientists often take dirt samples from the area around the fossil find. They do this to ....
- A.
Help determine the age of the fossil
- B.
Keep the fossil from rotting
- C.
Provide visual context for where the fossil was found
- D.
Provide a keep-sake of the discovery
- 17.To help unravel the mysteries of human evolution, paleoanthropologists use all of the following except ___.
- A.
Fossilized bones
- B.
Endocasts of the brains
- C.
Molecular clocks
- D.
Written historical records
- 18.Humans have a longer childhood than other apes because humans need more time for lung development.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Human brain growth evolved because of large amounts of carbohydrate in the diet of early hominids.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Homo erectus used fire to cook food and protect themselves from animal attacks.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Homo erectus was the first hominid to walk upright.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Darwin discoverd all that we know about human evolution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Hominid evolution is believed to have begun about 12 million years ago.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Homo neanderthalensis was probably driven to extinction by Homo sapiens.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Homo sapiens is the most intellegent animal to have ever existed on Planet Earth.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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