Hominids Sapiens Erectus Habilis Evolution

Reorder the following hominid fossils from from most primitive (old) to modern (new)

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Answer explanation

1. Bigger forehead is modern, smaller forehead is primitive.

2. Smaller browridge is modern, bigger browridge is primitive.

3. Flat face is modern, pronounced face is primitive.

4. Big jaw is primitive, smaller jaw is modern.

5. Big canine teeth is primitive, smaller canine teeth is modern.

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Homo sapiens means

• Upright man 🏃‍♂️

• Wise man 🧠

• Southern Ape 🦍

• Man of Skill 💪

Hominid means 📖

• to change over time

• a common ancestor

• a prehistoric person

• a set of skills

Answer explanation

Early humans needed to ____________ in search of more food, climate changes and better shelters.

• capable

• evolve

• domesticate

• migrate

Early humans often had ________________ when someone died such a special burial procedure and funeral music 🎶

• capabilities

• bipedal

• minerals

• rituals

_____________ was the first to use fire

• hominids

• homo erectus

• homo habilis

• Homo sapiens

Some organisms have structures with no apparent function, although they resemble functional structures in other organisms. For example, snakes have the remnants of bones for legs (but no legs), and humans have a tailbone (but no tail). Such structures are referred to as

• trace fossils
• vestigial
• artificial
• variable
• mutations

Which of the following means "Handy Man" 🤚

• Homonids

• Homo Habilis

• Homo Erectus

• Australopithicus

What cooled down the Earth and killed off many species including some hominids (early humans)?

• Meteor

• Ice Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Where did modern hominids (early humans) believe to come from?

• Fertile Crescent 🌙

• Africa 🌍

• Europe 💶

• Antarctica 🇦🇶