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Home⇒ Everyday Science GK⇒ Evolution
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Q1 ⇒ Humans share a common ancestor
with which of the following
primates? orangutans [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() chimpanzees gorillas monkeys |
Q2 ⇒ How long ago did Sahelanthropus
tchadensis, the presumed ancestor
of all hominins, appear? over 6 million years ago [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() 6,000 years ago 50,000 years ago 1 million years ago |
Q3 ⇒ Why have anthropologists been unable
to identify the common ancestor
of humans and chimpanzees? There are no fossils of this species to study. [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() The question is too difficult for
a ready answer This species never existed There are fossils that provide conflicting evidence about this question |
Q4 ⇒ How long have human-like
(hominin)species been present on
Earth? over 6 million years [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() 6,000 years 1 million years 2 million years |
Q5 ⇒ Where in the world did the essential
evolutionary changes occur that led
to humans? Africa [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() Europe Asia Australia |
Q6 ⇒ Scientists are engaged in a new
investigation to sequence the
genorne of which extinct hominin? Homo neanderthalensis [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() Homo erectus Homo heidelbergensis Homo ergas ter |
Q7 ⇒ Most of hominin evolution occurred
in Africa, but there is fossil evidence
that humans migrated out of Africa
at least____ years ago. 10 million [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() 1.8 million 3 million 5 million |
Q8 ⇒ A paleontologist is a scientist who
studies: prehistoric life [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() human behavior. fossils. ancient DNA. |
Q9 ⇒ A paleoanthropologist is a scientist
who studies: ancient humans with the help of fossils [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() rocks. fossils. ancient DNA. |
Q10 ⇒ Which of the following characteristics
of a fossil would suggest that
the species belonged to the hominin
group? small canine teeth [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() large canine teeth a protruding lower face prominent brow ridges |
Q11 ⇒ Which of the following characteristics
of a fossil would suggest that
the species did not belong to the
hominin group? protruding brow ridges [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() bipedal walking small canine teeth a flat face |
Q12 ⇒ Bipedalism is a characteristic usually
found in: monkeys [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] ![]() ![]() Australopithecines. hominins. orangutans. |