Homo habilis was likely the first hominid species to use modified stones to kill and skin animals. This provides immediate evidence for which major trend in hominid evolution?

Use of language as an adaptation

Increased brain size and complexity

Ability to walk upright on two legs

Bipedalism is an adaptation which mammals have obtained that allows them to walk on two legs. What advantage did the development of bipedalism most likely confer to early hominids?

It allowed them to move and hold tools at the same time.

It allowed them to see with binocular vision.

It allowed them to evolve a complex social structure.

It allowed them to evolve an opposable thumb.

Which of the 5 adaptations most likely evolved first in hominids?

It is impossible to tell if a particular adaptation evolved first. They most likely evolved all at the same time.

Use of tools, because it allowed the hominid jaw to decrease in size.

Use of languages, because hominids could communicate to future generations what adaptations would be most useful.

Increased jaw size, because it allowed the brain size to increase afterward.

What should you do to prepare for the Unit 10 Test?

All of the answer choices are ways I will prepare for the Unit 10 Test.

Study everything about the evidence for evolution, like paleontology.

Study everything about hominid evolution, like bipedalism.

Study everything about evolutionary mechanisms, like natural selection.

L.15.10 Hominid Evolution (w/ throwbacks)

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According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?

Amphibians

Ray finned fish

Crocodiles

Birds

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According to the cladogram, what organisms have fur and mammary glands?

Mouse and chimp

Lizard and mouse

Salamander and chimp

Pigeon and chimp

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The unique characteristics of the hominids that is different from other primates is...

bipedalism

opposable thumbs

binocular vision

opposable toes

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Modern Humans are classified as the species...

Homo habilis

Neanderthal

Homo sapiens

Hominid

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Scientists have found evidence that about 2.4 million years ago a gene regulating jaw muscles mutated and may have led to the more graceful human jaw we see today. The diagram below shows the skulls of 3 hominid species.Which statement below most closely explains the link between jaw size and hominid evolution?

The jaws of hominids evolved to be smaller and less protruding over time.

The jaws of hominids evolved to be larger and more protruding over time.

There appears to be no change in the jaws of hominids over time.

The jaws of hominids changed over time due to a change in brain size.

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What adaptations were useful for early humans that used hunting and gathering to survive?

Standing upright to see from a higher perspective than standing on four legs.

The ability to hold food or tools in two free hands.

The ability to communicate with one another using language.

All of these answer choices would provide an advantage.

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The unique characteristics of the hominids that is different from other primates is...

bipedalism

opposable thumbs

binocular vision

opposable toes

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L.15.10 Hominid Evolution (w/ throwbacks)

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According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?

According to the cladogram, what organisms have fur and mammary glands?

The unique characteristics of the hominids that is different from other primates is...

Modern Humans are classified as the species...

What adaptations were useful for early humans that used hunting and gathering to survive?

The unique characteristics of the hominids that is different from other primates is...

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