Question 1

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

Accepted Answer

A) apes 
B) australopithecines 
C) humans 
D) eosimians 
A) apes 
B) australopithecines 
C) humans 
D) eosimians

Question 2

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

Accepted Answer

A) dense tropical forest 
B) complex hybrid habitats 
C) open savanna grassland 
D) arid, high-altitude uplands 
A) dense tropical forest 
B) complex hybrid habitats 
C) open savanna grassland 
D) arid, high-altitude uplands

Question 3

Using tools and toolmaking is an adaptation by hominins linked to:

Accepted Answer

A) improved diet. 
B) bipedalism. 
C) sleeping. 
D) becoming larger. 
A) improved diet. 
B) bipedalism. 
C) sleeping. 
D) becoming larger.

Question 4

Which of the following is an adaptive characteristic of bipedalism?

Accepted Answer

A) opposable thumb 
B) nails instead of claws 
C) convergent eyes 
D) longitudinal arch in the foot 
A) opposable thumb 
B) nails instead of claws 
C) convergent eyes 
D) longitudinal arch in the foot

Question 5

Two types of australopithecines were using two different types of locomotion in East Africa:

Accepted Answer

A) one was a quadruped and the other a leaper. 
B) one was a clinger and the other a climber. 
C) one was a knuckle walker and the other a quadruped. 
D) one was a climber and the other a biped. 
A) one was a quadruped and the other a leaper. 
B) one was a clinger and the other a climber. 
C) one was a knuckle walker and the other a quadruped. 
D) one was a climber and the other a biped.

Question 6

Australopithecus robustus's large masticatory complex (large molars, face, and muscles) indicate an adaptation to:

Accepted Answer

A) eating hard food with sand in it. 
B) eating a great deal of red meat. 
C) eating foods requiring heavy chewing. 
D) gnawing on bones. 
A) eating hard food with sand in it. 
B) eating a great deal of red meat. 
C) eating foods requiring heavy chewing. 
D) gnawing on bones.

Question 7

The diversity of the hominins included increasingly specialized:

Accepted Answer

A) locomotion. 
B) social patterns. 
C) body sizes. 
D) diets. 
A) locomotion. 
B) social patterns. 
C) body sizes. 
D) diets.

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

Using tools and toolmaking is an adaptation by hominins linked to:

Which of the following is an adaptive characteristic of bipedalism?

Two types of australopithecines were using two different types of locomotion in East Africa:

Australopithecus robustus's large masticatory complex (large molars, face, and muscles) indicate an adaptation to:

The diversity of the hominins included increasingly specialized:

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

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

Using tools and toolmaking is an adaptation by hominins linked to:

Which of the following is an adaptive characteristic of bipedalism?

Two types of australopithecines were using two different types of locomotion in East Africa:

Australopithecus robustus's large masticatory complex (large molars, face, and muscles) indicate an adaptation to:

The diversity of the hominins included increasingly specialized:

What Is Physical Anthropology

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: the Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Primate Origins and Evolution: the First 50 Million Years

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and Biology

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