Evolution

Question 1

The Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

Answer 1

period of massive human development

Question 2

What 3 things make us human?

Answer 2

bipedalism, sagittal crest (bump on head), brain to body ratio

Question 3

Prognathism

Answer 3

bulging of lower jaw

Question 4

Brow Ridge

Answer 4

crest of bone on the frontal bone of the skull (flat for humans)

Question 5

Sagittal Crest

Answer 5

bump on the top of the head

Question 6

Cranial Capacity

Answer 6

how far the face sticks out

Question 7

Lower Palaeolithic

Answer 7

period of hominoid development

Question 8

Middle Palaeolithic

Answer 8

neanderthals / homo sapiens appear

Question 9

Upper Palaeolithic

Answer 9

homo sapiens

Question 10

What were the First Hominins

Answer 10

sahelanthtopus, orrorin, and ardipithecus

Question 11

Australopithecines

Answer 11

a direct ancestor of humans, had smaller brains and ape-like features

Question 12

When did hominins start using stone tools?

Answer 12

3.4 mya

Question 13

Reduced Prognathism

Answer 13

a primate evolutionary trend that continues throughout human evolution, leading up to our species