Worksheets'Human Evolution'
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Homo habilis is also known as ________.
Walking man
Man who made fire
Handyman
Cool man
Homo sapiens consider itself:-
Very wise
Good with tools
Fire starters
Most influential species on the planet
Neanderthals had chins.
True
False
Homo erectus was the first to use:-
Tools
Fire
Cars
Dams
Copper and iron
'Lucy' is the name given to hundreds of pieces of bones (representing about ________ percent of the skeleton)
55
20
40
45
How are Historians learning about these apelike ancestors?
By studying their types in detail
By excavating their bones, fossils, etc. and examining them
By understanding their behaviours, habitual actions, etc.
All of the above
By reading books based on 'Human Evolution' written by archaeologists and historians.
'Lucy' is supposed to have lived ________ years ago.
3 million
50,000
800
3.2 million
What is the scientific name for modern day humans?
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Neanderthals
Human Evolution is a short process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors.
True
False
Our apelike ancestors are chiefly classified into ________ stages.
Five
Eight
Two
Four
'Lucy' was discovered in ________ at ________.
1947 at Hadar, Ethiopia
1974 at Hyderabad, India
1942 at Linchenstain
1967 at Himachal Pradesh, India
The word 'sapiens' means ________ in ________.
'Influential species' in German
'Handyman' in Latin
'Wise man' in Latin
'Good thinker and toolmaker' in Ancient Greece
Australopithecus afarensis mostly walked on two feet.
True
False
Top two foods the Homo habilis usually used to eat.
Anything they found
Berries
Barley
Meat
In any fossil specimen, it is very rare to find the ________ or ________ intact.
Skull
Femur bones
Ribs
Girdle joint
Hip joint
Neanderthals had bodies shaped to live in which environment?
Very warm
Fairly even
Very cold
Australopithecus afarensis lived in eastern Africa from about ________ years ago.
4 million
2 million
5.2 million
3 million
Which of our apelike ancestors were likely the first to control and start fires?
Homo sapiens
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Neanderthals
What do you think 'Human Evolution' means?
Fossil Specimens
All of the given answers
The long process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors
Monkeys and apes
Fossils of Homo erectus have mostly been found in which continents?
Asia
Europe
Australia
Africa
