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Human Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is human evolution?

a)

Long process of change by which primates became modern humans

b)

Long process of change by which humans became modern primates

c)

Long process of change by which hominids turn into humans

d)

Long process of change by which humans became homo habilis

2.

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

a)

I am able to speak latin

b)

I am able to start a fire

c)

I can make tools

d)

I can paint the walls

3.

Bipedalism is...

a)

The ability to stand up

b)

The ability to ride a bike and move its pedals

c)

The ability to walk on both feet

d)

The ability to contro

4.

Why is Homo Habilis considered the first species to be human?

a)

Because of his toolmaking skilss

b)

Because they developed language

c)

Because they developed art

d)

Because they discovered fire

5.

Three physical changes in the process of human evolution are

a)

Opposable thumb, free hands and Bipedalism

b)

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

c)

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

6.

What do we share in common with primates?

a)

Common Ancestors

b)

Humans evolved from monkeys

7.

What allowed the opposable thumb to evolve was

a)

Decrease of jaw/teeth

b)

Decrease of skull

c)

Bipedalism

d)

Increase of the brain

8.

What characteristic did early hominins share with modern humans?

a)

Speech and language

b)

The inability to live in groups

c)

Small brains

d)

Bipedalism

9.

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

a)

Australia

b)

China (Asian continent)

c)

Kenya (African continent)

d)

Iceland

10.

...... were the first homonids to create and use stone tools, an ability that reduced selection pressures for large jaws and teeth.

a)

Homo sapiens

b)

Homo erectus

c)

Homo habilis

d)

The australopithecus

11.

Which is the oldest of these four species?

a)

Australopithecus

b)

Tool-making hominids

c)

Homo Neanderthalensis

d)

Homo Sapiens

12.
An _______________ first digit, either a thumb or a toe,  can be brought across the palm or foot to touch   (or nearly touch) the other digits allowing primates to grasp objects.
a)
opposable
b)
flexible
c)
operable
d)
adjustable
13.
The scientific study of humans and their ancestors by excavation and examination of material remains.
a)
archaeology
b)
fossilization
c)
bipedalism
d)
collective learning
14.
Which of these is not a hominine?
a)
Homo ergaster
b)
Chimpanzee
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Homo sapiens
15.
What is the scientific name for modern humans?
a)
Australophithecene
b)
Homo ergaster (erectus)
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Homo sapiens
16.

The abundance of rain was a climate change that influenced human evolution

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How did primates stopped living in trees?

a)

Because of climate change: the climate got dry

b)

Because of climate change: the climate got humid

c)

Because someone cut off the trees in the savannah.

18.

Homo Neanderthalensis greatest achievement was

a)

The development of art

b)

The development of language

c)

The development of agriculture

19.

Along with the Australopithecus there is another bipedal hominid called

a)

Armorpithecus

b)

Archipithecus

c)

Ardipithecus

20.

Homo erectus most important discovery was

a)

the use of animals for labour

b)

the use and control of water resources

c)

the use and control of fire