Question 1

Our closest living relatives are

Accepted Answer

A)  chimpanzees. 
B)  gorillas. 
C)  lemurs. 
D)  Neanderthals. 
E)  Homo erectus. 
A)  chimpanzees. 
B)  gorillas. 
C)  lemurs. 
D)  Neanderthals. 
E)  Homo erectus.

Question 2

MATCHING
Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions.
-Early hominin; one skeleton is nicknamed Lucy

Accepted Answer

A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens 
A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens

Question 3

MATCHING
Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions.
-Interbred with modern humans

Accepted Answer

A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens 
A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens

Question 4

Hominins first appeared in

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa. 
B)  Siberia. 
C)  Asia. 
D)  Europe. 
E)  Australo-Melanesia. 
A)  Africa. 
B)  Siberia. 
C)  Asia. 
D)  Europe. 
E)  Australo-Melanesia.

Question 5

The species group Paranthropus

Accepted Answer

A)  was a genetic dead end. 
B)  was an ancestor of early humans. 
C)  descended from Homo erectus. 
D)  became extinct about 30,000 years ago. 
E)  was not a hominid. 
A)  was a genetic dead end. 
B)  was an ancestor of early humans. 
C)  descended from Homo erectus. 
D)  became extinct about 30,000 years ago. 
E)  was not a hominid.

Question 6

MATCHING
Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions.
-Direct ancestor of modern humans

Accepted Answer

A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens 
A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens

Question 7

Chimpanzees and humans

Accepted Answer

A)  last shared a common ancestor about 25 million years ago. 
B)  have very different genomes. 
C)  are not related to each other 
D)  last shared a common ancestor about 7 million years ago. 
E)  show many differences in their genomes that completely explain the phenotypic differences between the two. 
A)  last shared a common ancestor about 25 million years ago. 
B)  have very different genomes. 
C)  are not related to each other 
D)  last shared a common ancestor about 7 million years ago. 
E)  show many differences in their genomes that completely explain the phenotypic differences between the two.

Question 8

Human populations in Africa exhibit greater genetic diversity than all other populations outside of Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

MATCHING
Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions.
-Modern humans

Accepted Answer

A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens 
A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens

Question 10

DNA sequence analysis indicates that Neanderthals were

Accepted Answer

A)  not direct ancestors of humans. 
B)  direct ancestors of humans. 
C)  completely unrelated to humans. 
D)  most likely a completely separate lineage of primates that just happened to evolve to resemble humans. 
E)  the closest known relatives of humans. 
A)  not direct ancestors of humans. 
B)  direct ancestors of humans. 
C)  completely unrelated to humans. 
D)  most likely a completely separate lineage of primates that just happened to evolve to resemble humans. 
E)  the closest known relatives of humans.

Question 11

Describe how lactose tolerance can be considered evidence of recent human evolution.

Accepted Answer

All infant mammals are nourished by milk

Question 12

Modern humans have never existed with other species of Homo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

MATCHING
Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions.
-Earliest human tool user

Accepted Answer

A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens 
A) Ardipithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Paranthropus 
D) Homo habilis 
E) Homo erectus
F)Homo neanderthalensis
G)Homo floresiensis
H)Homo sapiens

Question 14

Analysis of DNA differences between modern humans and Neanderthals indicates that

Accepted Answer

A)  there are many differences found in many different genes. 
B)  some of the differences are in genes controlling cognitive development. 
C)  most of the differences are involved in digestion of different foods. 
D)  the Neanderthal genome is more similar to the chimpanzee genome than to the modern human genome. 
E)  the two species last shared a common ancestor about 7 million years ago. 
A)  there are many differences found in many different genes. 
B)  some of the differences are in genes controlling cognitive development. 
C)  most of the differences are involved in digestion of different foods. 
D)  the Neanderthal genome is more similar to the chimpanzee genome than to the modern human genome. 
E)  the two species last shared a common ancestor about 7 million years ago.

Question 15

Both fossil and DNA sequence data indicate that the human species originated in

Accepted Answer

A)  North America 
B)  Europe 
C)  Asia 
D)  Africa 
E)  South America 
A)  North America 
B)  Europe 
C)  Asia 
D)  Africa 
E)  South America

Question 16

The Denisovans

Accepted Answer

A)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Europe. 
B)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Asia. 
C)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Melanesia. 
D)  shared a common ancestor with modern humans more recently than they did with Neanderthals. 
E)  have been characterized from complete fossil skeletons. 
A)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Europe. 
B)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Asia. 
C)  interbred with the ancestors of present-day populations in Melanesia. 
D)  shared a common ancestor with modern humans more recently than they did with Neanderthals. 
E)  have been characterized from complete fossil skeletons.

Question 17

Modern humans have existed for more than 500,000 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Charles Darwin

Accepted Answer

A)  did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published On the Origin of Species. 
B)  did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published The Descent of Man. 
C)  presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Charles Lyell. 
D)  presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Alfred Russel Wallace. 
E)  presented his ideas on evolution before Alfred Russel Wallace did. 
A)  did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published On the Origin of Species. 
B)  did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published The Descent of Man. 
C)  presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Charles Lyell. 
D)  presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Alfred Russel Wallace. 
E)  presented his ideas on evolution before Alfred Russel Wallace did.

Question 19

Fossil evidence indicates that ____ originated between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago in Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Homo neanderthalensis 
C)  Homo erectus 
D)  Homo floresiensis 
E)  Homo habilis 
A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Homo neanderthalensis 
C)  Homo erectus 
D)  Homo floresiensis 
E)  Homo habilis

Question 20

The out-of-Africa hypothesis of human origins proposes that proposes that Homo sapiens originated from

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo habilis after H. habilis migrated from Africa. 
B)  Homo erectus after H. erectus migrated from Africa. 
C)  Homo habilis before H. habilis migrated from Africa. 
D)  Homo erectus before H. erectus migrated from Africa. 
E)  Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. 
A)  Homo habilis after H. habilis migrated from Africa. 
B)  Homo erectus after H. erectus migrated from Africa. 
C)  Homo habilis before H. habilis migrated from Africa. 
D)  Homo erectus before H. erectus migrated from Africa. 
E)  Homo neanderthalensis in Europe.

Our closest living relatives are

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Early hominin; one skeleton is nicknamed Lucy

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Interbred with modern humans

Hominins first appeared in

The species group Paranthropus

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Direct ancestor of modern humans

Chimpanzees and humans

Human populations in Africa exhibit greater genetic diversity than all other populations outside of Africa.

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Modern humans

DNA sequence analysis indicates that Neanderthals were

Describe how lactose tolerance can be considered evidence of recent human evolution.

Modern humans have never existed with other species of Homo.

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Earliest human tool user

Analysis of DNA differences between modern humans and Neanderthals indicates that

Both fossil and DNA sequence data indicate that the human species originated in

The Denisovans

Modern humans have existed for more than 500,000 years.

Charles Darwin

Fossil evidence indicates that ____ originated between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago in Africa.

The out-of-Africa hypothesis of human origins proposes that proposes that Homo sapiens originated from

Sex and Development

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Changes in Chromosome Number

How Genes Are Transmitted From Generation to Generation

Gene Expression and Gene Regulation

Changes in DNA: Mutations and Epigenetics

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Genetic Testing and Prenatal Diagnosis

DNA Forensics

Genomics

Inheritance of Complex Traits

Cancer and the Cell Cycle

Behavior

Immunogenetics

Genetics and Populations

A Different World: The Past, Present, and Future of Human Genetics

Biology Basics 1-Cells and Cell Structure

Biology Basics 2-DNA and RNA

Biology Basics 3-Genes, Populations, and the Environment

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Exam 16: Human Evolution

Our closest living relatives are

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Early hominin; one skeleton is nicknamed Lucy

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Interbred with modern humans

Hominins first appeared in

The species group Paranthropus

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Direct ancestor of modern humans

Chimpanzees and humans

Human populations in Africa exhibit greater genetic diversity than all other populations outside of Africa.

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Modern humans

DNA sequence analysis indicates that Neanderthals were

Describe how lactose tolerance can be considered evidence of recent human evolution.

Modern humans have never existed with other species of Homo.

MATCHING Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions. -Earliest human tool user

Analysis of DNA differences between modern humans and Neanderthals indicates that

Both fossil and DNA sequence data indicate that the human species originated in

The Denisovans

Modern humans have existed for more than 500,000 years.

Charles Darwin

Fossil evidence indicates that ____ originated between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago in Africa.

The out-of-Africa hypothesis of human origins proposes that proposes that Homo sapiens originated from

Sex and Development

Assisted Reproductive Technology

Changes in Chromosome Number

How Genes Are Transmitted From Generation to Generation

Gene Expression and Gene Regulation

Changes in DNA: Mutations and Epigenetics

Biotechnology

Genetic Testing and Prenatal Diagnosis

DNA Forensics

Genomics

Inheritance of Complex Traits

Cancer and the Cell Cycle

Behavior

Immunogenetics

Genetics and Populations

A Different World: The Past, Present, and Future of Human Genetics

Biology Basics 1-Cells and Cell Structure

Biology Basics 2-DNA and RNA

Biology Basics 3-Genes, Populations, and the Environment

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