Final Exam

Question 1

Macroevolution

Answer 1

large changes

Question 2

Evolution predicts a ______________ of man & apes

Answer 2

Common Ancestor

Question 3

Number of races referenced in Scripture?

Answer 3

One (The Human Race)

Question 4

Humans have __ chromosomes, chimps have __

Answer 4

Humans:23, chimps:24

Question 5

Difference between Human & chimp telomeres?

Answer 5

Human telomeres are 1/2 as long

Question 6

Evolutionists emphasize __ similarity between humans & chimps.

Answer 6

DNA

Question 7

Human & Chimp differences

Answer 7

• human telomeres are 1/2 as long
• humans have 23 chromosomes, chimps 24
• repeating elements are diff
• gene expression are diff

Question 8

Human & Chimp Skill differences

Answer 8

chimps have smaller brain, slopped face, no nasal bone, large canine teeth, large zygomatic arch, brow ridge

Question 9

Major Skeletal Differences

Answer 9

Human spine - long & curved
Pelvis is broader
Thighbone is angled inward
Foot is arched & no opposable big toe
Human S shaped spine, apes have C shaped

Question 10

Foramen Magnum

Answer 10

Rear of skull on apes, below skull on humans

Question 11

Evolutionists often portray organisms in a way to make them appear in a ______________.

Answer 11

Progression

Question 12

Apes are designed to __________________ but not humans.

Answer 12

knuckle walk

Question 13

The Laetoli Footprints

Answer 13

left in volcanic ash
Min. 2 individuals walking side by side walking upright with no diverged big toe
Presumed to be Australopithecus 3.6 mya date

Question 14

Paleoanthropology

Answer 14

study of human fossils

Question 15

Old Earth/Progressive Creationists

Answer 15

consider Neanderthals, homo erectus, and others a ‘separate’ creation

Question 16

_____ may not be accurate

Answer 16

Casts

Question 17

Common Neanderthal portrayal

Answer 17

Views as less intelligent, ‘brutish’, very different from modern–> FALSE

Question 18

Neanderthal Characteristics

Answer 18

Low sloped forehead, Occipital bun, Prominent brow ridge

Question 19

What did Neanderthals do?

Answer 19

• used fire & tools
• hunted and trapped
• used jewelery
• Interbred with modern humans (probably
• buried their dead
• cared for each other

Question 20

First report of Neanderthal mtDNA suggested

Answer 20

they were not human ancestors

Question 21

Subsequent analysis suggest the cannot be

Answer 21

ruled out from human gene pool

Question 22

Homo erectus “Upright man”

Answer 22

0.3-1.8 mya, found by Eugene Dubois, Java Island 1891

skull cap, femur, few teeth found

Question 23

Java Man

Answer 23

Homo Erectus, recent dating in Java indicates only 50,000 years old (contemporary with modern man)

Question 24

Homo Ergaster

Answer 24

Found mostly in Africa, modern humans share features, 1.9-1.5 m.y.o, assumed ancestral to Homo populations–> likely just regional differences

Question 25

Homo Habilis

Answer 25

more ape-like, KNM-ER 1805 small & ape like, overlaps homo erectus therefore not a good ancestor, no longer considered ancestral

Question 26

Homo rudolfensis

Answer 26

KNM ER 1470 & others formerly classified as Homo, new category because of clear differences, still in debate, 2.4-1.8 m.y.a.

Question 27

KNM-ER 1470

Answer 27

original reconstruction of the skull was incorrect, corrected makes more apelike skull

Question 28

Australopithecus--Lucy

Answer 28

Creationists & some evol. consider it an extinct ape, only 40% of bones found

Question 29

Selam--"Lucy's baby"

Answer 29

recent fossil reported to be ~3 y.o. Australopithecine, extremely complete specimen, allegedly 3.3mya

Question 30

Selam traits

Answer 30

conform to apes: Curved fingers, ape-like hyoid, gorilla shoulder blade

Question 31

"Toumai" skull

Answer 31

found in Chad, July 2002, dated 6-7 my, ape sized brain, short face & small canines

Question 32

Sahelanthropus

Answer 32

Brunet argued that creature walked on two legs. POsition of Foramen maynum (arrow) is located far to the rear like the apes that walk on all fours.