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The phylogenetic tree of the primate order began in the late _____ era. |
| | A) | Cenozoic |
| | B) | Mesozoic |
| | C) | Paleozoic |
| | D) | Precambrian |
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| 2 | |
Evolution suggests that modern humans and apes evolved from a common apelike ancestor NOT that humans evolved from apes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Scientists have found that human evolution is entirely different from that of other species. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The sense of smell is of primary importance in primates. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following is true of primate vision? |
| | A) | in most primates, the eyes are at the front of the head |
| | B) | cone cells are active in dim light, but the image is blurry and gray |
| | C) | binocular vision hinders primates' ability to accurately judge the distance and position of things |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Which of the following is responsible for the powerful and precise grip of humans? |
| | A) | five digits |
| | B) | opposable thumbs |
| | C) | sensitive pads on the underside of the fingers |
| | D) | flat nails |
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Primates are well adapted for living in the _____. |
| | A) | ocean |
| | B) | desert |
| | C) | arctic |
| | D) | trees |
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Characteristics that distinguish primates from other mammals include _____. |
| | A) | opposable thumb |
| | B) | nails instead of claws |
| | C) | expanded forebrain |
| | D) | all of the above |
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| 9 | |
Which of the following exists today? |
| | A) | Australopithecus afarensis |
| | B) | Homo erectus |
| | C) | Homo sapiens |
| | D) | Australopithecus robustus |
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Primates are characterized by _____. |
| | A) | single births |
| | B) | lengthy gestation |
| | C) | an extended period of juvenile dependency |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The _____ best resemble the first primates which may have moved to the trees in order to forage for insects. |
| | A) | prosimians |
| | B) | anthropoids |
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Tarsiers, a type of prosimian, have enormous eyes that facilitate their nocturnal way of life. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 13 | |
Proconsul is believed to be ancestral to __________. |
| | A) | apes |
| | B) | humans |
| | C) | both A and B |
| | D) | neither A or B |
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Apes and humans are classified as _____, one of the three superfamilies of anthropoids. |
| | A) | Old World monkeys |
| | B) | New World monkeys |
| | C) | hominoids |
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Old World monkeys _____. |
| | A) | have long prehensile tails |
| | B) | have flat noses |
| | C) | evolved in Africa |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Anthropoidea are classified into _____. |
| | A) | New-World monkeys |
| | B) | Old-World monkeys |
| | C) | the hominoids |
| | D) | all of the above |
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It is hypothesized that a common ancestor to the New and Old World monkeys would have existed when the Atlantic was much narrower making it easier for some of them to make their way to South America. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The New World monkeys often have long prehensile tails and flat noses. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The New World monkeys evolved in South America. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The most human-like apes are the _____. |
| | A) | chimpanzees |
| | B) | orangutans |
| | C) | gorillas |
| | D) | gibbons |
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Humans are most closely related to the _____ apes. |
| | A) | Asian |
| | B) | African |
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| 22 | |
The distinctive feature that separates the hominids from the apes is _____. |
| | A) | single births |
| | B) | clawless opposable digits |
| | C) | bipedalism |
| | D) | binocular vision |
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Anatomical differences between hominids and modern apes include _____. |
| | A) | curvature of the spine |
| | B) | the length of limb bones |
| | C) | jaw shape |
| | D) | all of the above |
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| 24 | |
Some paleontologists suggest that the hominid ancestor began to develop bipedalism even while it lived in trees. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Modern apes are characterized by _____. |
| | A) | a short pelvis |
| | B) | knuckle-walking |
| | C) | long legs |
| | D) | small jaws and teeth |
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Modern humans are characterized by _____. |
| | A) | a straight spine |
| | B) | a sloping face |
| | C) | long arms |
| | D) | none of the above |
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A molecular clock study suggests that the African apes and humans did not split until about _____. |
| | A) | 14 MYA |
| | B) | 1 MYA |
| | C) | 6 MYA |
| | D) | 30 MYA |
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| 28 | |
The phrase mosaic evolution is used to describe human evolution because some body parts are more humanlike than others in early hominids. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 29 | |
The robust australopithecines _____. |
| | A) | were slight of frame |
| | B) | probably fed on soft fruits and leaves |
| | C) | had massive jaws and chewing muscles |
| | D) | none of the above |
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| 30 | |
The skull differences between A. africanus and A. robustus are essentially due to dental and facial adaptations to different diets. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Based on their skeletal remains A. africanus and A. robustus are believed to have been _____. |
| | A) | bipedal |
| | B) | quadrupedal |
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The now-famous A. afarensis female skeleton, Lucy, was discovered by _____. |
| | A) | Charles Darwin |
| | B) | Donald Johanson |
| | C) | Mary Leakey |
| | D) | Dianne Fosse |
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Australopithecines arose in _____. |
| | A) | Asia |
| | B) | Pangea |
| | C) | Africa |
| | D) | Europe |
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Steven Stanley concluded that the genus Homo could not have evolved from the genus Australopithecus as long as the australopithecines climbed trees everyday. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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At the time the genus Homo evolved _____. |
| | A) | the climate was becoming warmer and more humid |
| | B) | grasslands were expanding |
| | C) | large forests provided food and shelter |
| | D) | all of the above |
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There is evidence that australopithecines had the knowledge of fire and manufactured fairly advanced stone tools. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The mutation of a regulatory gene that controls one or more other genes may have delayed early maturation of the brain causing the large brain characteristic of humans. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A powerful upper body and the largest molars of any of the hominid are characteristic of _____. |
| | A) | africanus |
| | B) | afarensis |
| | C) | boisei |
| | D) | garhi |
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Even though the _____ types are dated later than Lucy they are believed to members of lineages that died out. |
| | A) | gracile |
| | B) | robust |
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Lucy, the famous hominid skeleton found by Donald Johanson, is classified as _____. |
| | A) | Australopithecus afarensis |
| | B) | Australopithecus boisei |
| | C) | Ardipithecus ramidus |
| | D) | none of the above |
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The _____ types of australopithecines were slight of frame and probably fed on soft fruits and leaves. |
| | A) | gracile |
| | B) | robust |
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The fossil record has shown the evolution of humans to be an orderly sequence of forms from one to the other. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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There may have been six or seven species of australopithecines living in Africa at the same time. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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All human races of today are classified as __________. |
| | A) | Cro-Magnon |
| | B) | Homo erectus |
| | C) | Homo sapiens |
| | D) | Neanderthals |
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Fossils are assigned to the species Homo if _____. |
| | A) | the brain size is 600 cc or less |
| | B) | the jaw and teeth resemble those of humans |
| | C) | the face is sloping |
| | D) | all of the above |
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If tool manufacture and use seems evident fossils are assigned to the species Homo. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 47 | |
The first people to be designated Homo sapiens are the _____. |
| | A) | Neanderthals |
| | B) | Cro-Magnon |
| | C) | neither A or B |
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Homo erectus had a larger brain than Homo habilis. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Today there is _____ type(s) of Homo sapiens in existence. |
| | A) | only one |
| | B) | two |
| | C) | three |
| | D) | four |
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| 50 | |
Molecular data show that the DNA base-pair sequence varies more between individuals of the same ethnicity and between individuals of different ethnicity. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 51 | |
Robustus coexisted at the same time with _____. |
| | A) | habilis |
| | B) | sapiens |
| | C) | neanderthalensis |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following evolved in Africa? |
| | A) | gorillas |
| | B) | afarensis |
| | C) | erectus |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The multiregional continuity hypothesis suggests that H. sapiens evolved in different parts of Africa and then migrated into Europe and Asia. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 54 | |
One of the first Neanderthal skeleton's was found in Neander Valley, _____. |
| | A) | Africa |
| | B) | Germany |
| | C) | Greece |
| | D) | India |
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Burial of the dead with flowers and tools was a characteristic displayed by _____. |
| | A) | habilis |
| | B) | robustus |
| | C) | erectus |
| | D) | neanderthalensis |
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| 56 | |
Modern humans are believed to have coexisted with archaic versions of our species and then supplanted them. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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| 57 | |
The average Neanderthal brain was slightly larger than that of modern humans. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The knowledge of fire is first attributed to _____. |
| | A) | Cro-Magnon |
| | B) | boisei |
| | C) | erectus |
| | D) | sapiens |
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Which of the following is true of Neanderthals? |
| | A) | there is no evidence that they were culturally advanced |
| | B) | they made stone points and attached them to wooden handles for throwing at prey |
| | C) | they were heavily muscled, especially in the shoulders and neck |
| | D) | all of the above |
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| 60 | |
The extinction of the giant sloth, the saber-tooth tiger, the mammoth, and the giant ox during the late Pleistocene epoch may have been due to the hunting prowess of _____. |
| | A) | Cro-Magnons |
| | B) | erectus |
| | C) | africanus |
| | D) | Neanderthals |
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The beautiful drawings of animals on cave walls in Spain and France are attributed to _____. |
| | A) | habilis |
| | B) | Cro-Magnon |
| | C) | A afarensis |
| | D) | erectus |
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Neanderthal physical characteristics included _____. |
| | A) | forward protruding nose, jaws and teeth |
| | B) | massive brow ridges |
| | C) | low and sloping forehead |
| | D) | all of the above |
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