Human evolution

What is unique to Australopithecines?

• First to grow an opposable thumb

• First to have a sense of smell

• First to eat meat

• First to use fire

What is the name of the second man in evolution?

• Jim

• Homo Erectus

• Australopithecines

• Homo Habilis

  "man of skill"

Who had an upright skeleton identical to today's human?

• Homo Habilis

• Cro Magnon

• Homo Erectus

• Neandrathal

What is the name of the first human skull?

• Lucy

• Abbie

• Maggie

• Annie

I am a Homo Habilis...What am I known for?

• I am able to speak latin

• I am able to start a fire

• I can make tools

• I can paint the walls

Three physical changes in the process of human evolution are

• Opposable thumb, free hands and Bipedalism

• Bipedalism, decrease of the brain/skull and increase of jaw/teeth

• Bipedalism, increase of the brain/skull and decrease of jaw/teeth

If you wanted to excavate fossils of the earliest human ancestors, to what country might you travel?

• Australia

• China (Asian continent)

• Kenya (African continent)

• Iceland

What is the Neanderthal's achievements

• First to date

• First to disco dance

• First to have ritual burials

• First to use fire

Who was considered the "Upright Man"

• Homo Erectus

• Australopithecines

• Neanderthal

• Homo Sapien

The scientific study of humans and their ancestors by excavation and examination of material remains.

• archaeology
• fossilization
• bipedalism
• collective learning