Explore the lineage of human evolution in 'Test: Unit 4 - Evolution'. This quiz assesses knowledge on early hominids like Australopithecus and Homo species, distinguishing modern humans and understanding primate groups. Ideal for learners in biology and anthropology.
Australopithecus aferensis
Australopithecus africanus
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Homo sapiens
Baboon
Lemur
Tarsier
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Prosimians
Old world monkeys
Hominids
Gorillas
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Prehensile tails
Walking upright
Opposable thumbs
Large brains
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Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo robustus
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Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Paranthropus boisei
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Australopithecus and Homo
Africanus and habilis
Homo and sapiens
Australopithecus and Anthropida
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Bipedal locomotion
Language
Art and imagination
Large brain
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They only buried the heads of the dead.
Scavengers can carry off the smaller bones much more easily.
Skulls tend to look more like rocks.
Other hominids cannibalize their dead.
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Help determine the relative age of the fossil
Keep the fossil from rotting
Provide visual context for where the fossil was found
Provide a keep-sake of the discovery
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Fossilized bones
Endocasts of the brains
Molecular clocks
Written historical records
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Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
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Biogeography
Embriology
Paleontology
Oncology
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Whale ancestors lived on land.
Whale ancestors did not evolve.
Whale ancestors lived 850 million years ago.
Whale ancestors ate opossums.
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Homologous structure
Analogous structure
Vestigial structure
Fossil structure
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Erasmus Darwin
Eugene Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
Georges de Buffon
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Evolution
Artificial selection
Uniformitarianism
Mutation
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Only 6000 years old.
Only 2000 years old.
Less than 6000 years old.
Much more than 6000 years old.
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Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Gradualism
Natural selection
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Georges de Buffon
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Variation
Adaptation
Homologous structure
Vestigial structure
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Earlier ancestor.
Close relative.
Unrelated organism.
Embryological stage.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Erasmus Darwin
Charles Lyell
Georges de Buffon
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Individual
Population
Species
Fossil
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Variation.
Change.
Adaptation.
Species.
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A plant that has recently died
A group of similar organisms that can reproduce
A structure or organ that no longer functions
A trace of an organism that existed in the past
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Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
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Directional selection
Stabilizing selection
Intermediate selection
Disruptive selection
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Allele frequency
Gene pool
Adaptation
Phenotype frequency
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Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilizing selection
Sexual selection
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Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilizing selection
Sexual selection
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Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilizing selection
Sexual selection
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Genetic drift through the founder effect.
More variety in the new population.
Extinction due to the bottleneck effect.
Mutation due to disruptive selection.
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The founder effect
Microevolution
Genetic drift
Gene flow
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Natural selection
Sexual selection
Genetic drift
Random mating
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Natural selection
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Mutation
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Intrasexual selection
Intersexual selection
Isolation
Natural selection
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Emigrates
Immigrates
Isolates
Mutates
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No natural selection
No sexual selection
No mutation
No genetic drift
No gene flow
No overproduction
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Geographic isolation
Behavioral isolation
Temporal isolation
Intersexual isolation
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Geographic isolation
Behavioral isolation
Temporal isolation
Intersexual isolation
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Coevolution
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Deevolution
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Coevolution
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Deevolution
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Speciation
Genetic anomaly
Divine creation
Bottleneck effect
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Variations
Adaptations
Mutations
Genetic isolation
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Population
Species
Breeding family
Community
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