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Park:Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park
A Brief Evolutionary Timetable

True/False

Please answer all questions



1

Hominids have been around for 5 or 6 million years.
A)True
B)False
2

Most experts say the age of the universe is 15 billion years.
A)True
B)False
3

A vertebrate is an animal with a hard shell.
A)True
B)False
4

Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
A)True
B)False
5

The Big Bang theory is also known as the Cambrian explosion.
A)True
B)False
6

The ocean's plankton provides a great deal of the world's oxygen.
A)True
B)False
7

Extinction is a normal part of evolution.
A)True
B)False
8

At this moment we are in the midst of what may be the biggest and fastest of all mass extinctions.
A)True
B)False
9

Pangea is the continent that long ago sank under the sea.
A)True
B)False
10

The crust of the earth is flaky and golden brown.
A)True
B)False








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