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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| Q4 ⇒ How long have human-like
(hominin)species been present on
Earth? over 6 million years [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q5 ⇒ Where in the world did the essential
evolutionary changes occur that led
to humans? Africa [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q6 ⇒ Scientists are engaged in a new
investigation to sequence the
genorne of which extinct hominin? Homo neanderthalensis [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| 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] |
| Q8 ⇒ A paleontologist is a scientist who
studies: prehistoric life [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q9 ⇒ A paleoanthropologist is a scientist
who studies: ancient humans with the help of fossils [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| Q12 ⇒ Bipedalism is a characteristic usually
found in: monkeys [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |