Question 1

What do bipedalism's advantages over quadrupedalism include?

Accepted Answer

A) an ability to transport food more easily 
B) an ability to run faster 
C) reduced burden on the circulatory system 
D) less exposure to predators 
A) an ability to transport food more easily 
B) an ability to run faster 
C) reduced burden on the circulatory system 
D) less exposure to predators

Question 2

What was the foundational behavior of hominins?

Accepted Answer

A) hunting 
B) tool use 
C) bipedalism 
D) speech 
A) hunting 
B) tool use 
C) bipedalism 
D) speech

Question 3

Discuss the Ardipithecus ramidus fossil and its implications for understanding human evolution.

Accepted Answer

The primitive nature of the fossil confi

Question 4

Discuss the two obligate traits,including specific anatomical features,that first emerge in the pre-australopithecines to eventually become firmly established in australopithecines.

Accepted Answer

The distinguishing characteristics of ho

Question 5

By when were robust australopithecines extinct?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 mya 
B) 3 mya 
C) 4 mya 
D) 6 mya 
A) 1 mya 
B) 3 mya 
C) 4 mya 
D) 6 mya

Question 6

What was probably the environment of the earliest hominins?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

What is the name of the ravine in northern Tanzania where many early hominin fossils have been recovered (often referred to as the "cradle of humankind")?

Accepted Answer

A) Lake Turkana 
B) Olduvai Gorge 
C) Swartkrans 
D) Hadar 
A) Lake Turkana 
B) Olduvai Gorge 
C) Swartkrans 
D) Hadar

Question 8

What was the main reason the discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda was important?

Accepted Answer

A) It had a small brain like an ape's. 
B) It was discovered in Kenya. 
C) It showed diversity in the hominin fossil record 3.5 mya. 
D) It probably lived in woodlands. 
A) It had a small brain like an ape's. 
B) It was discovered in Kenya. 
C) It showed diversity in the hominin fossil record 3.5 mya. 
D) It probably lived in woodlands.

Question 9

Australopithecus garhi may be the ancestor of:

Accepted Answer

A) Homo habilis. 
B) Australopithecus afarensis. 
C) Orrorin tugenesis. 
D) Australopithecus africanus. 
A) Homo habilis. 
B) Australopithecus afarensis. 
C) Orrorin tugenesis. 
D) Australopithecus africanus.

Question 10

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 11

Based on the research of Philip Reno,early hominins show reduced sexual dimorphism.What is this evidence of?

Accepted Answer

A) competitive males 
B) multifamily grouping 
C) cooperative males 
D) multimale grouping 
A) competitive males 
B) multifamily grouping 
C) cooperative males 
D) multimale grouping

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of speech,advanced cognition,and complex material culture?

Accepted Answer

A) They do not define a hominin. 
B) They define a hominin. 
C) They define a higher primate. 
D) They did not evolve through the primate lineage. 
A) They do not define a hominin. 
B) They define a hominin. 
C) They define a higher primate. 
D) They did not evolve through the primate lineage.

Question 14

What does ecological evidence from the site where Ardi was found show?

Accepted Answer

A) Early hominins lived in a lush jungle. 
B) Early hominins lived in a savannah. 
C) Early hominins lived in a forest. 
D) Early hominins migrated out of the area due to drought. 
A) Early hominins lived in a lush jungle. 
B) Early hominins lived in a savannah. 
C) Early hominins lived in a forest. 
D) Early hominins migrated out of the area due to drought.

Question 15

What did the Laetoli footprints have that demonstrated that the foot of Australopithecus afarensis was humanlike?

Accepted Answer

A) long and curved toe bones 
B) a divergent big toe 
C) a single arch and five toes 
D) a rounded heel and a double arch 
A) long and curved toe bones 
B) a divergent big toe 
C) a single arch and five toes 
D) a rounded heel and a double arch

Question 16

Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.

Accepted Answer

A) large premolars and molars as well as a sagittal crest 
B) small temporalis muscles and large canines 
C) large front teeth and small back teeth 
D) a small tongue and a small face 
A) large premolars and molars as well as a sagittal crest 
B) small temporalis muscles and large canines 
C) large front teeth and small back teeth 
D) a small tongue and a small face

Question 17

Humans use their molars to ________ their food.

Accepted Answer

A) bite 
B) crush 
C) shear 
D) slice 
A) bite 
B) crush 
C) shear 
D) slice

Question 18

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 19

What is the main reason that Australopithecus garhi has been proposed as an ancestor for Homo?

Accepted Answer

A) Australopithecus garhi had a bigger brain than other australopithecines. 
B) Australopithecus garhi had smaller molar teeth than other australopithecines. 
C) Australopithecus garhi had longer legs relative to arm length than other australopithecines. 
D) Australopithecus garhi was bipedal. 
A) Australopithecus garhi had a bigger brain than other australopithecines. 
B) Australopithecus garhi had smaller molar teeth than other australopithecines. 
C) Australopithecus garhi had longer legs relative to arm length than other australopithecines. 
D) Australopithecus garhi was bipedal.

Question 20

In East Africa,what are robust australopithecines also called?

Accepted Answer

A) Orrorin 
B) Sahelanthropus 
C) Gigantopithecus 
D) Paranthropus 
A) Orrorin 
B) Sahelanthropus 
C) Gigantopithecus 
D) Paranthropus

What do bipedalism's advantages over quadrupedalism include?

What was the foundational behavior of hominins?

Discuss the Ardipithecus ramidus fossil and its implications for understanding human evolution.

Discuss the two obligate traits,including specific anatomical features,that first emerge in the pre-australopithecines to eventually become firmly established in australopithecines.

By when were robust australopithecines extinct?

What was probably the environment of the earliest hominins?

What is the name of the ravine in northern Tanzania where many early hominin fossils have been recovered (often referred to as the "cradle of humankind")?

What was the main reason the discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda was important?

Australopithecus garhi may be the ancestor of:

Which of the following is an adaptive characteristic of bipedalism?

Based on the research of Philip Reno,early hominins show reduced sexual dimorphism.What is this evidence of?

The diversity of the hominins included increasingly specialized:

Which of the following is true of speech,advanced cognition,and complex material culture?

What does ecological evidence from the site where Ardi was found show?

What did the Laetoli footprints have that demonstrated that the foot of Australopithecus afarensis was humanlike?

Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.

Humans use their molars to ________ their food.

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

What is the main reason that Australopithecus garhi has been proposed as an ancestor for Homo?

In East Africa,what are robust australopithecines also called?

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

What do bipedalism's advantages over quadrupedalism include?

What was the foundational behavior of hominins?

Discuss the Ardipithecus ramidus fossil and its implications for understanding human evolution.

Discuss the two obligate traits,including specific anatomical features,that first emerge in the pre-australopithecines to eventually become firmly established in australopithecines.

By when were robust australopithecines extinct?

What was probably the environment of the earliest hominins?

What is the name of the ravine in northern Tanzania where many early hominin fossils have been recovered (often referred to as the "cradle of humankind")?

What was the main reason the discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda was important?

Australopithecus garhi may be the ancestor of:

Which of the following is an adaptive characteristic of bipedalism?

Based on the research of Philip Reno,early hominins show reduced sexual dimorphism.What is this evidence of?

The diversity of the hominins included increasingly specialized:

Which of the following is true of speech,advanced cognition,and complex material culture?

What does ecological evidence from the site where Ardi was found show?

What did the Laetoli footprints have that demonstrated that the foot of Australopithecus afarensis was humanlike?

Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.

Humans use their molars to ________ their food.

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

What is the main reason that Australopithecus garhi has been proposed as an ancestor for Homo?

In East Africa,what are robust australopithecines also called?

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

The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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