hominids

Prehistoric humans are called _________________.

• Australopithecus

• Hominids

• Lucy

• Cavemen

_______________ specialize in studing the earliest hominids.

• Scientists
• Historians
• Zoologists
• Paleoanthropologists

The remains of an early hominid that lived more than 3 million years ago was discovered by an American paleoanthropologist who nicknamed her _________.

• Susan
• Donald
• Hillary
• Lucy

An animal that walks on two feet is called a _______.

• Moped
• Triped
• Biped
• Ape

Named Homo habilis in honor of its ability to make tools, this hominid was also called __________.

• Java
• Handy Henry
• Handy Tool
• Handy Man

Who was the first hominid to use fire?

• Handy Man
• Homo sapiens sapiens
• Homo erectus
• Wise Man

Which statement about Homo Habilis describes a capability that helped their group survive?

• They knew how to make tools

• They came before Neanderthals.

• They lived 1.5 million years ago.

• They had both ape and human features.

Having a larger brain meant Upright Man were able to invent more complex tools such as strong hand-axes made of stone.

• True
• False

Neanderthals had a sense of ____________, they cared about one another and buried their dead.

• urgency
• pride
• community
• doom

Homo sapiens sapiens invented the spear thrower and the ________________.

• flame thrower
• bow and arrow
• musket
• wheel