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WorksheetsHuman Evolution Worksheet - Primate Diversity and Human Features
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
What kind of organisms are included in the Primate family?
Humans and chimpanzees
Lemurs and monkeys
Lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes
Tarsiers, humans, and apes
The earliest ancestor of the Primates appeared about...
65 million years ago
30 million years ago
7 million years ago
50 million years ago
What characteristic enhances depth perception of lemurs, pottos and lorises?
Limber shoulder and hip joints
Five digits on their limbs
Opposable thumb
Eyes close to each other
At which place can you find the greatest number of lemur species?
Madagascar
Southern Asia
Central Africa
Central and South America
Which is the most remarkable characteristic of tarsiers?
They have grasping feet
They are tree dwellers
They have a prehensile tail
They are nocturnal
What does anthropoids use the opposable thumb for?
Manipulation of tools, trees and food.
To increase their reproduction rate
Catching preys on long runs
To hang onto trees
What is the most important difference between old world monkeys and new world monkeys?
They live in Africa and Europe
Their prehensile tail
Old world monkeys are all arboreal
Old World Monkeys live in America
Where do new world monkeys live?
Central Africa
Central and South America
Southeast Asia
Madagascar
What species are classified as old world monkeys?
Chimpanzee, lemur, and orangutan
Human, gorilla, and gibbon
Howler monkey, tamarin, and spider monkey
Mandrils, baboons, and macaques
One of these apes is not polygamous
Humans
Bonobos
Gibbons
Orangutans
Which Homo species have live the longest in the planet?
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo ergaster
What are the two key factors that triggered the evolution of hominid species over chimpanzees?
Manipulation of tools and four limbs
Bipedalism and increased brain size
Manipulation of tools and bipedalism
Four limbs and increased brain size
Indicate the reason that made humans more intelligent
Hunting
Bipedalism
Gathering resources
Cooking
How long ago did the neanderthals interbreed with Homo sapiens?
1 million year ago
500 000 years ago
40 000 years ago
150 000 year ago
