Chapter 2: Early Hominids

How do scientists think hominids first migrated to North America?

• down rivers on bamboo rafts

• in boats made out of hollow logs

• over land that is now under water

• by riding animals that could swim

If your profession is to study the development and culture of early hominids, then you are mostly likely...

• a historian

• a geographer

• an archaeologist

• an anthropologist

Which new capability enabled hominids to survive in the colder climate of Europe?

• building fire and shelters

• drawing art on cave walls

• gathering food from plants

• making tools out of bones

Which group is believed to be the first to live in Europe?

• Homo Habilis

• Homo Erectus

• Homo Sapiens Sapiens

• Australopithecus Afarensis

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 ape and human features

Where did the earliest hominids live?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

Which of these helped Homo Habilis survive against animal attacks?

• building shelters

• burying their dead

• using bows and arrows

• living together in groups

The name Homo Habilis Means:

• Upright Man

• Handy Man

• Wise Man

• Artist Man

At Neanderthal sites, evidence from burial mounds with flowers on them had been found. This led scientists to believe that Neanderthals had:

• creative minds

• a complex religion

• a desire to make art

• a sense of community

A paleoanthropologist specializes in the study of the

• 1. communication and social systems of early apes.

• How to hunt for animals

• 1. kings and queens of the earliest modern humans.

• 1. development and culture of the earliest hominins.