Final

Question 1

Which hominin taxon was the first to migrate out of the African continent

Answer 1

Homo erectus

Question 2

Which of the following features are exclusively found in Homo Sapiens

Answer 2

A prominent chin

Question 3

As of today humans are the only primate species alive with

Answer 3

Non opposable big toe

Question 4

Members of the species Homo sapiens evolved at around…. In…..

Answer 4

315,000 years ago; Africa

Question 5

Neanderthal fossils have been found in all these places except

Answer 5

Africa

Question 6

Homo Neanderthalensis had some unique features nothing in earlier hominins including

Answer 6

A large brain size ( up to 1700cc) and a retro molar space

Question 7

Homo habilis

Answer 7

The oldowan

Question 8

Australopithecus afarensis

Answer 8

Eruption of permanent lower first molar by age 3

Question 9

End of the Miocene characterized by

Answer 9

Decreased hominoid diversity; increased cercopithecoid diversity

Question 10

Primate group that evolved during the Eocene, displayed features that included short snouts, teeth with pointy cusps, elongated heel bones, and larger orbits indicating a nocturnal pattern of behavior that were ancestral to the living Haplorhines

Answer 10

Omomyoids

Question 11

Adapoids were

Answer 11

Strepsirhine ancestors

Question 12

Fossils attributed to the species Australopithecus africanus have been recovered from

Answer 12

South Africa

Question 13

First Oligocene primate with Y-5 molars

Answer 13

Aegyptopithecus

Question 14

Australopithecus africanus

Answer 14

South Africa

Question 15

Plesiadapiforms evolve

Answer 15

Paleocene

Question 16

Paranthropus boisei

Answer 16

East Africa

Question 17

This hominin is considered to be the first to use endurance running for hunting purposes

Answer 17

Homo erectus

Question 18

Estimated brain size for Homo rudolfensis

Answer 18

510cc

Question 19

All hominins have these two traits

Answer 19

Bipedalism and brain size increase

Question 20

First hominins lived approximately

Answer 20

6-7 million years ago

Question 21

First hominin species to reach 800cc and hence double brain size average of chimpanzees

Answer 21

Homo rudolfensis

Question 22

The only hominin species alive today is Homo sapiens

Answer 22

true

Question 23

All hominins have

Answer 23

Y-5 molars

Question 24

the most famous fossil of Australopithecus afarensis is known as

Answer 24

lucy

Question 25

Relative to the genus Australopithecus, Homo habilis is characterized by

Answer 25

Smaller face and teeth, larger brains, and more rounded skull

Question 26

Ardipithecus kadabba

Answer 26

Displayed signs of canine size reduction and intermediate canine honing complex

Question 27

Hypothesis that posits that primate features emerged as an adaptation to the shrubby forest undergrowth where proto-primates hunted insects

Answer 27

The visual-predation hypothesis

Question 28

Primate group that evolved during the Eocene, displayed features that included short snouts, teeth with pointy cusps, elongated heel bones, and larger orbits indicating a nocturnal pattern of behavior that were ancestral to the living Haplorhines

Answer 28

Omomyoids

Question 29

Sahelanthropus tchadensis had it centered underneath the braincase, anteriorly placed and closer to the front teeth, indicating bipedality.

Answer 29

Foramen magnum

Question 30

The Oldowan

Answer 30

Simple core and flake technology

Question 31

Fossils attributed to the species Australopithecus africanus have been recovered from

Answer 31

South Africa

Question 32

Which Oligocene fossil primate with dental formula 2-1-2-3, Y-5 molars, and cranial features including small orbits suggesting a diurnal pattern of behavior indicating strong affinities with the catarrhines was recovered from El Fayum, Egypt?

Answer 32

Aegyptopithecus

Question 33

At 6 million years ago, Orrorin tugenensis represents the earliest unquestionable hominin that used bipedality as indicated by an anteriorly placed foramen magnum and clear canine size reduction

Answer 33

true

Question 34

Platyrrhine ancestors most likely originated in

Answer 34

North America

Question 35

Hominin with opposable big toe

Answer 35

Ardipithecus ramidus

Question 36

Neanderthal fossils never found in

Answer 36

Africa

Question 37

The tibia of a bipedal hominin displays

Answer 37

Clear anterior-posterior elongation of the medial condyle

Question 38

Paranthropus boisei fossils have been recovered from

Answer 38

East Africa

Question 39

Paranthropus aethiopicus

Answer 39

East Africa

Question 40

Victoriapithecus

Answer 40

First Miocene cercopithecoid with bilophodont molars

Question 41

First hominin species with a human-like projecting nose

Answer 41

Australopithecus sediba

Question 42

The position of the foramen magnum of a bipedal hominin is

Answer 42

anterior

Question 43

Average cranial size, smaller to larger

Answer 43

Australopithecus afarensis, Pan troglodytes, Homo erectus, Homo habilis

Question 44

The oldest member of the genus Australopithecus is

Answer 44

Australopithecus anamensis

Question 45

Australopithecus anamensis

Answer 45

East Africa

Question 46

This is the only australopith species that displays a parabolic dental arcade

Answer 46

Australopithecus afarensis

Question 47

The three features displayed by all members of the genus Paranthropus include

Answer 47

Sagittal crests, megadontia, and marked postorbital constriction

Question 48

True primates (Euprimates) evolve

Answer 48

Eocene

Question 49

The average brain size of Australopithecus afarensis is very similar to contemporary modern humans

Answer 49

false

Question 50

What occurred at around 2.8-2.5 million years ago

Answer 50

New kinds of hominins, including Paranthropus and Homo appeared

Question 51

Plesiadapiforms evolve

Answer 51

Paleocene

Question 52

By 2.0 million years ago, this hominin used bone tools to extract termites

Answer 52

Paranthropus boisei

Question 53

Average brain size for Homo sapiens

Answer 53

1350cc

Question 54

A hominid is

Answer 54

A primate of the family Hominoidae that includes the great apes, but excludes humans and all of their direct ancestors

Question 55

oldest to youngest

Answer 55

Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus africanus, Homo erectus

Question 56

The average brain size capacity for the species Pan troglodytes is

Answer 56

400cc

Question 57

Estimated brain size for Homo habilis

Answer 57

510cc