Evolutionary Anthropology

James, Nora, and Avery are having a debate about animals. They come across the term 'bipedalism.' What does it mean?

• Ability to walk on four legs

• Ability to crawl on the ground

• Ability to fly in the air

• Ability to walk on two legs

Anika, Mia, and Luna are having a debate about prehistoric species. They are discussing which species is known as Lucy. Can you help them?

• Australopithecus afarensis

• Sahelanthropus tchadensis

• Homo sapiens

• Australopithecus africanus

Aria, Jackson, and Luna are having a debate about the earliest possible bipedal ape. What is the scientific name for this ancient creature?

• Sahelanthropus tchadensis

• Neanderthalensis

• Australopithecus afarensis

• Homo sapiens

Rohan, Grace, and Avery are having a debate about early hominins. They're trying to figure out the size of their brains. Can you help them by choosing the correct comparison?

• Pan

• Neanderthals

• Gorilla

• Homo sapiens

Aria, Grace, and Zoe are having a debate about human evolution. They are discussing the advantages of bipedalism in humans. Can you help them settle the debate?

• Decreased efficiency in walking and running, limiting speed and endurance.

• Restriction of hand movement, hindering tasks and tool use.

• Increased efficiency in walking and running, freeing up the hands, improved visibility, and navigating complex environments.

• Reduced visibility, making it difficult to detect predators or obstacles.

Imagine Abigail, Benjamin, and Michael are time-traveling archaeologists. They've just discovered a fossil of Australopithecus afarensis! Can you help them identify some key characteristics of this ancient hominid?

• Large brain size, fully ape-like features, quadrupedal locomotion, no evidence of tool use

• Medium brain size, fully human-like features, bipedal locomotion, evidence of tool use

• Small brain size, combination of ape-like and human-like features, bipedal locomotion, evidence of tool use

• Small brain size, fully ape-like features, bipedal locomotion, evidence of tool use

Imagine you're time-traveling explorers, Lily, Nora, and Noah! You stumble upon a creature named Sahelanthropus tchadensis. What's the significance of this creature in human evolution?

• It's one of the earliest known species on the human evolutionary tree.

• It's a species that lived alongside dinosaurs.

• It's a modern human ancestor.

• It's a species that evolved after Homo sapiens.

Imagine Nora, Daniel, and William are time-traveling anthropologists. They stumble upon a Paranthropus, a hominin species. They notice some differences between Paranthropus and other hominin species they've studied. Can you guess what they observed?

• They noticed that Paranthropus has a smaller brain size compared to other hominin species.

• They observed that Paranthropus has a more gracile skeletal structure compared to other hominin species.

• They found out that Paranthropus has a different diet compared to other hominin species.

• They discovered that Paranthropus has robust cranial and dental features, including large molars and thick enamel, and a sagittal crest on the skull.

Avery, Ava, and Noah are having a heated debate about the evolution of bipedalism. Can you help them settle it? What are some theories about this?

• Avery thinks it's the aquatic hypothesis

• Ava argues for the arboreal hypothesis

• Noah believes in the savannah hypothesis, wading hypothesis, and carrying hypothesis

• Or is it the predator avoidance hypothesis that none of them mentioned?

Imagine David, Abigail, and Benjamin are time-traveling scientists. They stumble upon an Australopithecus afarensis. What is the relationship between this creature they've discovered and their own species, Homo sapiens?

• Australopithecus afarensis and Homo sapiens are unrelated species.

• Australopithecus afarensis is an ancestral species to Homo sapiens.

• Australopithecus afarensis is a descendant species of Homo sapiens.

• Australopithecus afarensis is a subspecies of Homo sapiens.