WorksheetsHuman Evolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is human evolution?
Long process of change by which primates became modern humans
Long process of change by which humans became modern primates
Long process of change by which hominids turn into humans
Long process of change by which humans became homo habilis
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
Bipedalism is...
The ability to stand up
The ability to ride a bike and move its pedals
The ability to walk on both feet
The ability to contro
Why is Homo Habilis considered the first species to be human?
Because of his toolmaking skilss
Because they developed language
Because they developed art
Because they discovered fire
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
What do we share in common with primates?
Common Ancestors
Humans evolved from monkeys
What allowed the opposable thumb to evolve was
Decrease of jaw/teeth
Decrease of skull
Bipedalism
Increase of the brain
What characteristic did early hominins share with modern humans?
Speech and language
The inability to live in groups
Small brains
Bipedalism
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
...... were the first homonids to create and use stone tools, an ability that reduced selection pressures for large jaws and teeth.
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
The australopithecus
Which is the oldest of these four species?
Australopithecus
Tool-making hominids
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Sapiens
The abundance of rain was a climate change that influenced human evolution
True
False
How did primates stopped living in trees?
Because of climate change: the climate got dry
Because of climate change: the climate got humid
Because someone cut off the trees in the savannah.
Homo Neanderthalensis greatest achievement was
The development of art
The development of language
The development of agriculture
Along with the Australopithecus there is another bipedal hominid called
Armorpithecus
Archipithecus
Ardipithecus
Homo erectus most important discovery was
the use of animals for labour
the use and control of water resources
the use and control of fire
