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How did humans evolve?
How did humans evolve?
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1
Modern humans belong to a species whose name means wise human, that species is ________.
homo scientificus
homo sapiens
homo gigantus
homo diplodochus
2
Scientists who study human beings and trace their evolution are known as__________.
astrologers
anthropologists.
archeologists
astronauts
3
They were the first
homo sapiens
known to bury their dead.
Neanderthals
Cro-Magnons
4
They looked like modern humans.
Neanderthals
Cro-Magnons
5
Homo Sapiens
means "wise human."
False
True
6
Hominids include apes, monkeys, and snow leopards.
False
True
7
Neanderthals lived in the Ice Age.
False
True
8
All modern humans belong to the species
Homo sapiens
.
True
False
9
The fossil record of human evolution is not complete.
False
True
10
Cro-Magnons were skilled hunters and toolmakers.
False
True
11
They were shorter than modern humans.
Cro-Magnons
Neanderthals
12
Neanderthal fossils were first found in a cave in France.
True
False
13
Cro-Magnons were the first people to bury their dead.
False
True
14
Fossils of each hominid species show more human-like traits than the species that lived before them.
True
False
15
Cro-magnons had high foreheads and no brow ridges, they looked like___________.
circus clowns
woolly sheep.
modern humans.
Marvel Superheroes.
16
As humans developed they dropped their heads _____.
less.
more.
17
Apes, chimps, monkeys, and humans are classified as ___________.
Neanderthals
primates.
Cro-Magnons
anthropologists.
18
What is anthropology?
The study of art.
The study of ants.
The study of rare books.
The study of people and their origins.
19
Most of what we know about human evolution we have learned from fossil bones.
True
False
20
They made paintings on cave walls.
Neanderthals
Cro-Magnons
21
As humans developed their posture became more _____.
erect.
stooped.
22
Relative to their size humans have the _______ brains.
largest
cutest
sweetest
tallest
23
As humans developed their mouths became more ______.
U-shaped
rounded.
24
The most intelligent primates are_____.
teachers.
anthropologists.
humans.
Moms.
25
They had sloping foreheads and heavy brow bones.
Cro-Magnons
Neanderthals
26
Humans are the only surviving hominids.
False
True
27
Cro-magnons were here _________ the Neanderthals.
because of
at the same time as
after
before
28
Most of what we know about human evolution we learned from watching the Flintstones.
True
False
29
Neanderthals were ______ than modern humans.
cuter
shorter
thinner
taller
30
The earliest hominids were as tall as modern hominids.
False
True
31
Neanderthals lived during the ______ Age.
Ice
Bronze
Stone
Iron
32
The OLDEST fossils of hominids have been found in Africa.
False
True
33
The first fossils of MODERN humans were found in Germany
False
True
34
Hominids are a group of primates in which_____ are classified.
both A & B
modern humans
human ancestors
neither A nor B