human evolution quiz

Which of the following is NOT a unique trait that evolved in humans?

• Bipedalism

• A large cranium

• Canine Teeth

• Use of tools

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About 96% of the information in human DNA is found in gorilla DNA. This evidence supports which statement?

• Humans evolved from gorillas.
• Gorillas and humans diverged from a common ancestor.
• As gorillas evolve, they will become more similar to humans.
• Gorillas and humans are too different for meaningful genetic comparisons.

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Which of the following environmental factors is the reason that bipedalism evolved in early hominins?

• Bipedalism evolved when the environment changed from grassland to rainforest.

• Bipedalism evolved when the environment changed from rainforest to grassland.

• Bipedalism evolved when the environment was constantly cycling between different climates in a short period of time.

• Bipedalism evolved because early homins moved out of Africa into a new region.

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Which of the following environmental factors is the reason that large brains evolved in early hominins?

• Large brains evolved when the environment changed from grassland to rainforest.

• Large brains evolved when the environment changed from rainforest to grassland.

• Large brains evolved when the environment was constantly cycling between different climates in a short period of time.

• Large brains evolved because early homins moved out of Africa into a new region.

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Why was bipedalism helpful to hominins that lived in grasslands?

• Bipedalism helped hominins travel long distances because they used less energy than apes to walk.

• Bipedalism made hominins better able to climb trees.

• Bipedalism allowed hominins to use all four limbs to get around.

• Bipedalism helped hominins to swim in large lakes that started to appear in Africa.

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Why do humans have longer childhoods than apes?

• Apes have bodies that grow at a faster rate than humans and so they need less time to become an adult.

• Humans are less mature than apes so their brains take longer to develop.

• Human bodies are smaller than apes which means they need more time to develop.

• Human brains are more complex and take longer to develop than ape brains.

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What part of the early hominin skeleton tells us that humans were able to use tools better than apes?

• Humans have a wider thumb bone. This shows that they can handle tools more easily than apes.

• Humans have opposable thumbs and apes do not.

• There is no evidence on the hominin skeleton that shows hominins used tools.

• Apes hands are too big to hold small tools.

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.

• Ice Age

• Agricultural Revolution

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

Movement of people from one place to another.

• Neolithic

• Domestication

• Civilization

• Migration

A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

• Paleolithic

• Agricultural Revolution

• Ice Age

• Neolithic

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