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A) insects to mammals B) plants to mammals C) insects to plants D) plants to vertebrates 2
A) crepuscular B) diurnal C) nocturnal D) omnurnal 3
A) chimpanzee B) orangutan C) gibbon D) tamarin 4
A) in a forest and climbed trees B) on the ground in a forest C) on the ground in a savannah D) on the ground in a chaparral 5
A) the age of the fossils B) the structure of the thigh bone C) the size of the skull cap D) its similarity to the Peking man 6
A) Australopithecus afarensis B) Homo habilis C) Homo erectus D) Homo sapiens E) Cro-Magnons 7
A) hominids B) hominoids C) tree shrews D) monkeys E) prosimians 8
A) long, prehensile tails B) binocular vision C) grasping fingers and toes D) opposable thumbs E) all of the above 9
A) Neanderthals B) Australopithecus C) Homo habilis D) apes E) Homo sapiens 10
A) Cro-Magnon B) Neanderthal C) Australopithecines D) Homo erectus E) they are all the same 11
A) at least 2 million years ago B) at least 500,000 years ago C) at least 150,000 years ago D) at least 50,000 years ago E) at least 13,000 years ago 12
A) large brains B) bipedalism C) they both evolved at the same time D) there is no evidence to say one way or the other 13
A) Australopithecus B) apes C) tree shrews D) Archonta E) prosimians 14
Australopithecus species was _______________ cubic centimeters.A) 100-200 B) 400-500 C) 800-1000 D) 1300-1400 E) 1600-1800 15
A) 100-200 B) 400-500 C) 800-1000 D) 1300-1400 E) 1600-1800 16
A) Homo sapiens B) Homo erectus C) Homo habilis D) a and b E) all of the above 17
Homo erectus and Homo sapiens isA) the size of the brain B) their overall height C) how straight the legs are D) the size of the hands, especially the thumb E) a rounded versus pointed jaw, respectively 18
A) Homo habilis B) Homo erectus C) Homo sapiens D) they are all equally successful 19
A) monkeys B) hominids C) hominoids D) anthropoids E) humans 20
A) they have flat nails instead of claws. B) they have stereoscopic vision and depth perception. C) they bear fewer offspring than do most other mammals. D) they have prehensile tails. E) they have precision grip. 21
A) New World monkeys; Old World monkeys B) humans; dryopithecine apes and lemurs C) apes and humans; australopithecines and humans D) tree shrews; lorises and lemurs E) gibbons, orangutans and gorillas; chimpanzees, dryopithecine apes and australopithecines 22
A) Australopithecus robustus -- Lucy; bipedal hominids; ancestral to the genus Homo B) Ardipithecus ramidus -- the most apelike hominid ancestor knownC) Proconsul - may prove to be the first hominoid ancestorD) Homo erectus -- first hominid to use fire; Old Stone Age cultureE) Homo habilis -- first hominid known to use tools23
A) True B) False 24
A) True B) False 25
A) Australopithecus boisei B) Australopithecus robustus C) Ardipithecus ramidus D) Australopithecus africanus E) Australopithecus anamensis 26
A) Homo sapiens B) Homo habilis C) Homo erectus D) Australopithecus africanus E) Australopithecus boisei 27
A) Asia B) Africa C) Europe D) North America E) Mitochondrial DNA evidence is inconclusive. 28
A) Neanderthal man B) Peking man C) Cro-Magnon man D) Java man E) none of the above 29
A) Australopithecus boisei B) Australopithecus robustus C) Australopithecus ramidus D) Australopithecus afarensis E) Australopithecus anamensis 30
Homo appeared about two million years agoA) True B) False 31
A) True B) False 32
Australopithecus used crude tools.A) True B) False
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