Human evolution - Quiz
A) Gibbon family B) Cercopithecid family C) Lemur family D) Hominid family
A) Photosynthesis, hibernation, and venom production B) Shell growth, webbed feet, and bioluminescence C) Flight, echolocation, and tail prehensility D) Bipedalism, dexterity, and complex language
A) It happened exclusively in North America. B) It was weblike rather than linear. C) It occurred in a strictly straight line. D) It stopped completely 300,000 years ago.
A) Physical and evolutionary anthropology, paleontology, and genetics B) Organic chemistry, metallurgy, and seismology C) Meteorology, vulcanology, and petrology D) Astrophysics, marine biology, and quantum mechanics
A) Andrology and anthropology B) Anthropomorphism and philanthropy C) Archaeology and ethnography D) Anthropogenesis and anthropogony
A) About 2 million years ago B) About 300,000 years ago C) About 85 million years ago D) About 15–20 million years ago
A) Triassic period and Oligocene epoch B) Late Cretaceous period and Paleocene epoch C) Jurassic period and Miocene epoch D) Devonian period and Eocene epoch
A) About 85 million years ago B) Over 55 million years ago C) Some 15–20 million years ago D) About 300,000 years ago
A) Between 8 and 9 million years ago B) About 14 million years ago C) Over 2 million years ago D) 4–7 million years ago
A) About 14 million years ago B) About 85 million years ago C) Approximately 300,000 years ago D) Between 8 and 9 million years ago
A) 24 million years ago B) 35 million years ago C) 4–7 million years ago D) 15–20 million years ago
A) 55 million years ago B) 300,000 years ago C) Over 2 million years ago D) 85 million years ago
A) 300,000 years ago B) 15 million years ago C) 2 million years ago D) 85 million years ago
A) 65 million years B) 300,000 years C) 2 million years D) 85 million years
A) Due to scarcity of fossil evidence B) Because DNA degrades too quickly in mammals C) Due to a lack of interest among scientists D) Because primates did not leave any bones
A) Northern Africa B) Italy C) China D) North America
A) China B) Spain C) Namibia D) North America
A) North America B) Turkey C) Northern Africa D) Austria
A) Plesiadapis B) Saadanius C) David R. Begun D) Kamoyapithecus
A) Otavipithecus cave B) Great Rift Valley C) Faiyum depression D) Eragaleit beds
A) Old World monkeys B) Lemurs C) New World monkeys D) Great apes
A) Old World monkeys B) Bush babies C) Gibbons D) New World monkeys
A) Oreopithecus B) Plesiadapis C) Archicebus D) Kamoyapithecus
A) Italy, 9 million years ago B) Eragaleit in northern Kenya, 24 million years ago C) China, 55 million years ago D) Faiyum depression, 35 million years ago
A) Pierolapithecus, Dryopithecus, and Oreopithecus B) Victoriapithecus, Proconsul, and Dendropithecus C) Sivapithecus, Griphopithecus, and Nacholapithecus D) Aegyptopithecus, Propliopithecus, and Parapithecus
A) Plesiadapis B) Altiatlasius C) Saadanius D) Kamoyapithecus
A) 300,000 years B) 9 mya C) 29–28 mya D) 85 mya
A) The oldest known lemur from Madagascar B) The earliest Old World monkey, from 20 million years ago C) The earliest known hominid from North America D) A direct ancestor of New World monkeys from 55 mya
A) Plesiadapis, Archicebus, and Altiatlasius B) Oreopithecus, Pierolapithecus, and Dryopithecus C) Saadanius, Kamoyapithecus, and Aegyptopithecus D) Proconsul, Rangwapithecus, and Kenyapithecus
A) In coal beds in Italy B) In cave deposits in Namibia C) In northern China D) In the Faiyum depression in Egypt
A) France, Spain, and Austria B) China and Southeast Asia C) North America and Madagascar D) Kenya, Namibia, and Egypt
A) Victoriapithecus B) Kamoyapithecus C) Oreopithecus D) Saadanius
A) 4–7 million years ago B) 300,000 years ago C) 18–12 mya D) 85 million years ago
A) About 12 million years ago B) Between 8 and 9 million years ago C) About 85 million years ago D) Over 2 million years ago
A) Plesiadapis from North America and Archicebus from China B) Oreopithecus from Italy and Otavipithecus from Namibia C) Sivapithecus from India and Griphopithecus from Turkey D) Altiatlasius and Algeripithecus from Northern Africa
A) 55 mya B) 24 mya C) 9 mya D) About 14 mya
A) Orrorin tugenensis B) Sahelanthropus tchadensis C) Ardipithecus ramidus D) Nakalipithecus fossils
A) High mountain peaks B) Wet swampy environments C) Cold tundra environments D) Drier environments
A) 6 Ma B) 8 Ma C) 12 Ma D) 3 Ma
A) Gorillas B) Chimpanzees C) Orangutans D) Bonobos
A) Gorilla gorilla B) Pan troglodytes C) Pan paniscus D) Pongo pygmaeus
A) The savanna-based bipedalism model B) The chimpanzee referential model C) The multiregional evolution model D) The aquatic ape hypothesis
A) Pan troglodytes B) Pan paniscus C) Ardipithecus ramidus D) Nakalipithecus
A) Bipedal foot structure B) Aggressive canine morphology C) Large braincase D) Broad pelvis
A) Phylogenetically deep traits B) Artificial selection by early farmers C) Temporary phenotypic plasticity D) Recently acquired genetic mutations from Eurasia
A) Baboons B) Orangutans C) Chimpanzees D) Gorillas
A) Early humans B) Gracile australopiths C) Archaic chimpanzees D) Robust australopiths
A) Dryopithecus B) Kenyanthropus C) Paranthropus D) Australopithecus
A) Australopithecus robustus B) Australopithecus sediba C) Australopithecus boisei D) Australopithecus aethiopicus
A) Australopithecus B) Paranthropus C) Kenyanthropus D) Pan
A) Lucy B) Ardi C) Turkana Boy D) Little Foot
A) Opposable big toe B) Prehensile tail C) Long arms D) Curved spine
A) Australopithecus garhi B) Australopithecus deyiremeda C) Australopithecus prometheus D) Australopithecus bahrelghazali
A) Giant australopiths B) Gracile australopiths C) Mega australopiths D) Robust australopiths
A) Homo sapiens B) Homo habilis C) Homo erectus D) The Ledi jaw
A) BRCA1 B) TP53 C) SRGAP2 D) FOXP2
A) 850 cm3 B) 1250 cm3 C) 1500 cm3 D) 400 cm3
A) H. heidelbergensis, H. rhodesiensis or H. antecessor B) H. luzonensis only C) Chimpanzees D) H. floresiensis only
A) Homo neanderthalensis B) Homo floresiensis C) Homo sapiens D) Homo erectus
A) The Sahara pump theory B) The recent African origin theory C) The Toba catastrophe theory D) The bottleneck theory
A) Franz Weidenreich B) Eugene Dubois C) Louis Leakey D) Richard Wrangham
A) Handy man B) Tall giant C) Southern ape D) Walking man
A) January 1891 B) December 1940 C) May 2010 D) March 1985
A) Georgia B) Indonesia C) China D) Kenya
A) Franz Weidenreich B) Eugene Dubois C) Richard Wrangham D) Louis Leakey
A) Homo gautengensis B) Anthropopithecus erectus C) Australopithecus africanus D) Sinanthropus pekinensis
A) Eugene Dubois B) Richard Wrangham C) Louis Leakey D) Franz Weidenreich
A) Island of Java B) Non-Asian forms C) Georgia D) China
A) More elaborate stone tools B) Wooden bows and arrows C) Bronze weapons D) Bone needles
A) Fire B) Hot water baths C) Chemical preservatives D) Steam
A) Modern humans B) Neanderthals C) Troglodytes D) Chimpanzees
A) Mauer mandible hominins B) Eurasian archaic humans C) Denisovans D) Chinese Middle Pleistocene hominins
A) Denisovans B) H. sapiens C) Neanderthals D) H. antecessor
A) A facial structure B) Two scapulae C) A mandible jaw D) A single skull cap
A) Germany B) Morocco C) Italy D) Spain
A) 1994 B) 1907 C) 2009 D) 2020
A) Researchers in Casablanca B) Spanish paleontologists C) Scientists at Campo Grande D) Otto Schoetensack
A) 1907 B) 2020 C) 2009 D) 1994
A) H. antecessor B) Neandertals C) Chimpanzees D) Denisovans
A) 2026 B) 2009 C) 1994 D) 1907
A) Afro-European species B) Strictly African species C) Strictly European species D) Asian species
A) 1921 B) 2010 C) 2006 D) 2008
A) Ethiopia B) Siberia C) Romania D) Zambia
A) March 2008 B) December 2016 C) January 1921 D) February 2006
A) Romania B) Siberia C) Zambia D) Ethiopia
A) Melanesians B) Eurasians C) Inuit D) Africans
A) Hearts B) Hands C) Feet D) Brains
A) Tactile sensitivity B) Visual acuity C) Hearing range D) Olfactory sense
A) 120 B) 1,000 C) 500 D) 144
A) 144 B) 60 C) 28 D) 120
A) 6% B) 11% C) 50% D) 1% to 4%
A) 2006 B) 1921 C) 2016 D) 2008
A) Stringer B) Sergi Castellano C) Corinne Simoneti D) Dunbar
A) Pearce B) Sergi Castellano C) Darwin D) Corinne Simoneti
A) Gawis B) Denisova Cave C) Gibraltar D) Zambia
A) The islander B) The hobbit C) The dwarf D) The pygmy
A) Genetic drift B) Insular dwarfism C) Natural selection D) Pathological gigantism
A) 2003 B) 2016 C) 1990 D) 2000
A) Eighty centimeters B) One meter C) One and a half meters D) Two meters
A) Bali B) Java C) Flores D) Sumatra |
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