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Human Evolution Worksheet - Primate Diversity and Human Features

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of organisms are included in the Primate family?

a)

Humans and chimpanzees

b)

Lemurs and monkeys

c)

Lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes

d)

Tarsiers, humans, and apes

2.

The earliest ancestor of the Primates appeared about...

a)

65 million years ago

b)

30 million years ago

c)

7 million years ago

d)

50 million years ago

3.

What characteristic enhances depth perception of lemurs, pottos and lorises?

a)

Limber shoulder and hip joints

b)

Five digits on their limbs

c)

Opposable thumb

d)

Eyes close to each other

4.

At which place can you find the greatest number of lemur species?

a)

Madagascar

b)

Southern Asia

c)

Central Africa

d)

Central and South America

5.

Which is the most remarkable characteristic of tarsiers?

a)

They have grasping feet

b)

They are tree dwellers

c)

They have a prehensile tail

d)

They are nocturnal

6.

What does anthropoids use the opposable thumb for?

a)

Manipulation of tools, trees and food.

b)

To increase their reproduction rate

c)

Catching preys on long runs

d)

To hang onto trees

7.

What is the most important difference between old world monkeys and new world monkeys?

a)

They live in Africa and Europe

b)

Their prehensile tail

c)

Old world monkeys are all arboreal

d)

Old World Monkeys live in America

8.

Where do new world monkeys live?

a)

Central Africa

b)

Central and South America

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

Madagascar

9.

What species are classified as old world monkeys?

a)

Chimpanzee, lemur, and orangutan

b)

Human, gorilla, and gibbon

c)

Howler monkey, tamarin, and spider monkey

d)

Mandrils, baboons, and macaques

10.

One of these apes is not polygamous

a)

Humans

b)

Bonobos

c)

Gibbons

d)

Orangutans

11.

Which Homo species have live the longest in the planet?

a)

Homo erectus

b)

Homo sapiens

c)

Homo neanderthalensis

d)

Homo ergaster

12.

What are the two key factors that triggered the evolution of hominid species over chimpanzees?

a)

Manipulation of tools and four limbs

b)

Bipedalism and increased brain size

c)

Manipulation of tools and bipedalism

d)

Four limbs and increased brain size

13.

Indicate the reason that made humans more intelligent

a)

Hunting

b)

Bipedalism

c)

Gathering resources

d)

Cooking

14.

How long ago did the neanderthals interbreed with Homo sapiens?

a)

1 million year ago

b)

500 000 years ago

c)

40 000 years ago

d)

150 000 year ago