Human evolution

Question 1

Where did primates evolved from and when?

Answer 1

Laurasia (57-90 ma)

Question 2

The travel of primates

Answer 2

From Asia –> Africa –> South A –> North A

Question 3

Family Hominidae –> subfamily homoniae –> tribe homini

Answer 3

(FM)Humans, Orangutans, Gorillas and chips.
(SH) Humans and chimps
(TH) Humans

Question 4

Nakalipithecus nakayamai

Answer 4

Nakalipithecus nakayamai great ape from Nakali Kenya who is considered a close relative of the last common ancestors of gorillas, chimpanzeed and humans

Question 5

Ardipithecus ramidus

Answer 5

Early omnivore of the human lineage (4,4 ma)
Lived in woodland and bushland between savannas.
Adaptions for bipedality (walk on 2 legs) and arboreality (live in trees)

Question 6

Homo habilis

Answer 6

Earliest known representative of our genus (2,8 ma)
Used flaked stone tools

Question 7

Which human was the first to spread throughout Eurasia

Answer 7

Homo Erectus.

Question 8

Where is the last known population of Homo erectus observed

Answer 8

Java - 117-108 thousand years ago.

Question 9

When did homo neanderthalensis live?

Answer 9

400,000-28,000 years ago.
Larger brains

Question 10

Where did Neanderthal and Denisovan respectively live?

Answer 10

Neanderthal lived in Europe and west asia
Denisovan lived in east-asia

Question 11

When did Homo Sapiens move out of Africa

Answer 11

60,000 years ago - maybe 120,000 years ago