Looking Back In Time

Question 1

How old is the Earth considered to be

Answer 1

4 1/2 billion years old

Question 2

From which continent did mankind originate

Answer 2

Africa

Question 3

What caused Pangaea to begin breaking up

Answer 3

Movements beneath the Earth

Question 4

What does bipedalism mean

Answer 4

The ability to walk upright on two legs

Question 5

The nickname the handyman belongs to a fossil of a

Answer 5

Homo habilis

Question 6

Which how many do scientist believe was the 1st to make stone tools

Answer 6

Homo habilis

Question 7

When did the Neanderthals live

Answer 7

2 million and 20,000 years ago

Question 8

What is a fossil

Answer 8

Mineralised remains of plants or animals that lived in the past

Question 9

Is a fossil alive

Answer 9

No

Question 10

When did the dinosaurs become extinct

Answer 10

65 million years ago

Question 11

What is maropeng

Answer 11

The official visitor centre for the cradle of humankind

Question 12

Where is the cradle of humankind situated

Answer 12

Near Sterkfontein in South Africa

Question 13

Name two of the most famous fossils found in the cradle of humankind

Answer 13

Little foot and Mrs ples

Question 14

Hunter gatherers in southern Africa painted pictures on the walls of caves which of the following colours did they not use:
Red yellow
Green brown

Answer 14

Green

Question 15

What did hunter gatherers in Southern Africa used to make black paint

Answer 15

Charcoal from fires

Question 16

Where would be a good place to find rock out in southern Africa

Answer 16

Drakensberg mountains