WorksheetsCh 4 Becoming Human - Anthropology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The smallest working units in biological classification systems that are reporductively isolated populations or groups.
species
genus
genes
genome
Genes are portions of molecules of long strands of which form chromosomes, or
codons
DNA
RNA
ribosomes
Jane Goodall did her pioneering field research on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. In what country is this located?
Uganda
Kenya
Japan
Tanzania
In which type of environment do most scientists agree that early human forbears lived?
tropical lowland environment
mixed forest and savanna environment
heavily forested environment
large, open grassy savanna environment
What genus is the hominin species living prior to one million years ago collectively called?
Australopithecus
Neandertal
Homo Sapiens
Homo Erecutus
Homo Habilis or 'handy man' appeared approximately ___ million years ago.
4
500
1
2.5
What was the key development among several early hominin species which pushed one of them gradually toward the capabilities of modern humans?
increase of the big toe
leaving the forest for the savannah
ability to grasp tools
increase in brain size
Up until about 1.8 million years ago, the only home of bipedal primates was Africa. However, after that time, humans began to spread to China, Europe, Georgia, India, and Java. Which species was the first to migrate out of Africa?
Neandertal
Australopithecus
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Where were the oldest human fossil skulls found outside Africa?
Caucasus Mountains
Spain
Java
Ural Mountains
What was the key new tool which Homo erectus developed?
Stone Chopper
Hand-Axe
Crossbow
Catapult
The most famous Homo erectus discovery was in
Turkey
Kenya
China
Iran
Which pigment source was commonly used about 130,000 years ago and is considered indicative of ritual activity according to many archaeologists?
Benne
Henna
Ochre
Indigo
The robust-bodied, relatively short armed and legged boned anatomy typical of Neanderthals of Europe and Southwestern Asia are suggestive of:
adaptation to a cold arctic climate
high levels of strength and endurance
lived in large caves
had limited agricultural plots
The Denisovians were located in
western Eurasia
Middle East
eastern Eurasia
northwestern Africa
What was the typical Upper Paleolithic tool?
Burin
Blade
Hand Axe
Scraper
The best estimates are that humans populated the Americas about ____ years ago.
25,000
40,000
10 - 12,0000
15-18,000
What is a burin?
hand axe that is standardized form and bifacial
a flake that is used for large game hunting
stone tool with chisel like edges for working bone, horn, antler, or ivory
scraper like tool that is used for curing hides
All are inventions associated with the Upper Paleolithic except _____
wheel
burin
bow and arrow
net hunting
Which is a term applied to an evolutionary process whereby humans modify the genetic makeup of a population of plants or animals.
transition
conversion
revolution
domestication
Dogs are a domesticated subspecies of which wild animal?
Coyote
Bear
Wolf
Hyena
The biological concept of race
is applicable to modern humans
is unclear
cannot be applied to modern humans
does not exist
When early hominins moved form the forests to the hot savannahs they eventually acquired
more hair
darker skin
lighter skin
lighter hair
Evolution explains the diversity of life by using hypotheses.
True
False
Carolus Linnaeus based his classifications system on body structure and function.
True
False
Chromosomes are long strands of DNA combined with protein that can be seen under the microscope in the cell of the nucleus.
True
False
