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