Exam 19: Primate and Human Evolution

The earliest Homo species was ____.

Any of the so-called lower primates, including tree shrews, lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers are ____.

Based on detailed fossil studies, it has been shown that the Neanderthals were smaller and lighter than modern humans.

The earliest fossils of the Homo species are 2.5-1.6 million years old.

Which type of primate is a baboon?

Which type of human inhabited the Near East and Europe from 200,000 to 30,000 years ago and may have been a subspecies of Homo sapiens or a separate species?

What has been the trend in human evolution since the appearance of the Cro-Magnons?

The genus ____________________ lived from 4 million-1 million years ago and coexisted with Homo for almost 1.5 million years.

What is one key factor in the debate of whether Neanderthals are a separate species from modern humans or a subspecies?

Small primates like lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, tree shrews that live in tropical regions are ____________________.