Human Origins (World History)

Where did humans originate?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

____________________ is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. 

• Archaeology
• Anthropologist
• History
• Aeropostaleogy

Looking at the picture.  Which of the following would work at this worksite?

• anthropologist
• archaeologist
• bone collector
• Funeral Director

A hominid is...

• a bipedal primate (walks on 2 feet)
• the predecesor of apes
• similar to primates
• none of the above

Opposable thumbs allow humans to...

• hold utensils
• write
• tie knots
• all of the above

Lucy is...

• an ancestor with opposable thumbs 
• a close relative of neanderthals
• a large brained ape
• more like a lizard than spock

Which of these did the hunters and gatherers NOT have to develop before they could effectively work together?

• tools

• language

• fire

• domestication of animals

Known as the “man of skill”; lived in East Africa 1.4 to 2.5 million years ago

• Homo Ergaster
• Homo Erectus
• Homo Habilis 
• Hominid

First hominid to use fire; might have developed language; First hominid to migrate from Africa; moved to Asia and Europe

• Neanderthal
• Homo Ergaster
• Homo Erectus
• Cro-Magnon

Species name for modern humans; had larger brain than Homo Erectus...

• Homo Ereptus
• Human beans
• Homo sapiens
• Canine Erectus