Exam 10: Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: the Roots of Humanity

The earliest australopithecines first show up in the fossil record more than

What characterizes all the early hominids from Africa older than 2 million years?

The only pre-australopithecine found outside the East African Rift Valley is

Describe in detail three theories aiming to explain the adaptive success of bipedal locomotion.

The earliest australopithecines probably lived in which kind of environment?

Who of the following described the first specimen of Australopithecus ever discovered?

Compare and contrast Rodman and McHenry's Patchy Forest hypothesis with Lovejoy's Provisioning hypothesis.

The large brain is often considered a hallmark of modern humans and our hominid ancestors; however, it is not one of the characteristics thought to be obligate when discussing hominids.An obligate behavior of hominids is

Which of the following is not considered a robust australopithecine?

The discovery of Kenyanthropus platyops was important mainly because

Australopithecus garhi has been proposed as an ancestor for Homo mainly because

Owen Lovejoy's model for the origin of bipedalism focuses on

Dentally, which of the following best describes the earliest hominids?

Which early hominid genus differs from all others in having a thin layer of enamel on its teeth as apes do?

Which of the following statements is true of hominid evolution?

Each of the following traits is found in a bipedal hominid except

Darwin proposed which of the following as the key to the divergence between apes and humans?

The ravine in East Africa's Great Rift Valley where many early hominid fossils have been recovered (often referred to as the "cradle of humankind") is

Evidence indicating that Orrorin tugenensis was bipedal comes mainly from which part of the skeleton?

Your friend is asking your opinion on a recent hominid fossil he heard about on the news.He is unable to remember the species name but knows that it lacked the specialized teeth seen in living apes, had elongated toes, an opposable big toe, and was part of a multidisciplinary study that reconstructed the early hominids' habitat.The fossil he is referring to is most likely