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Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
All modern humans are descended from humans who evolved on which continent?
ASIA
NORTH AMERICA
ANTARCTICA
AFRICA
True or False: Researchers have discovered that some people alive today have traces of Neanderthal DNA
TRUE
FALSE
How much bigger are our brains today, when compared to our earliest human ancestors?
ABOUT 3 TIMES THE SIZE
ABOUT 15 TIMES THE SIZE
THEY HAVE GOTTEN SMALLER
ABOUT 1.5 TIMES THE SIZE
True or False: Many human embryos develop a “tail”, but they are rarely present by the time of birth.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of these options was NOT a result of humans beginning to control fire?
EATING MORE COOKED MEAT
SHORTER DIGESTIVE TRACTS
GROWING TALLER
WALKING UPRIGHT
How long ago did proto-humans begin to develop stone tools?
ABOUT 2.5 MILLION YRS. AGO
ABOUT 6000 YRS. AGO
ABOUT 100 MILLION YRS. AGO
ABOUT 200,000 YEARS AGO
Human beings share DNA with which of these things?
GORILLAS
BANANAS
COWS
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Are the bones of a modern human thicker or thinner than our pre-modern ancestors?
THICKER
THINNER
THE SAME
Hiccups may be caused by a piece of leftover evolution. The muscles in our diaphragm that cause this behavior are similar to those found in...
RABBIT EARS
GIRRAFE NECKS
FISH GILLS
What is the evolutionary function of wisdom teeth?
EATING RAW VEGETABLES
CHEWING RAW MEAT
FOR BITING PREDATORS
ATTRACTING A MATE
Which of these eye colors evolved first?
BLUE
BROWN
GREEN
True or False: Human beings are the only animals that can blush.
TRUE
FALSE
Why are humans so much more likely to choke on food, compared to other mammals?
We get distracted more easily
We eat more chicken wings
We have smaller lungs
Our voice boxes are low, to enable speech
Which of these was the name of another subspecies of humans, other than Homo Sapiens?
Neanderthals
Humanus Bigus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Proto-people
"Survival of the fittest" is a quote by which influential person?
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Herbert Spencer
Albert Einstein
What is the evolutionary function of goosebumps?
Making our skin harder to penetrate
Warning us of danger
Making our hairy bodies appear larger
About how long have Homo Sapiens been around?
About a million years
About 6000 years
About 10 million years
About 200,000 years
Which of these activities can we do more effectively than any other species?
Throw an object
Jump a long distance
Climb a tree
Scream
The small bit of pink tissue at the corner of your eyelid is evidence of what?
All humans are reptiles
Our ancient ancestors used to have a third eyelid
Human eyes are really gross
Humans evolved from cows
How did human beings reach Australia?
We evolved there
On crude boats
There used to be a land bridge between Australia and Africa
True or False: Human behavior has impacted the evolution of some other creatures.
True
False
True or False: Humans have a much faster metabolism than most other mammals.
True
False
