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