Human Evolution

Question 1

Fossils of the first humans were found where?

Answer 1

forests of Tanzania

Question 2

Early humans may have lived how many years ago

Answer 2

5 to 2 million years ago

Question 3

Is a name given to the ancestral group of monkeys and humans

Answer 3

Homonids

Question 4

2 major groups of homonids

Answer 4

Australopithecus and Homo

Question 5

Australopithecus means?

Answer 5

Southern Ape

Question 6

Homo means?

Answer 6

Human

Question 7

Lived 4 million years ago. It stands upright, walks on 2 legs, has a small brain compared to modern humans.

Answer 7

Australopithecus

Question 8

It lives in the forest and only eats fruits, leaves, and whatever else can be seen around

Answer 8

Australopithecus

Question 9

the most complete remains of australopithecus discovered by Donald Johnson in Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974.

Answer 9

Australopithecus Afarensis/Lucy

Question 10

Who discovered Lucy

Answer 10

Donald Johnson

Question 11

When and where did Johnson discover Lucy

Answer 11

Hadar, Ethiopia, 1974

Question 12

handy man or skilled man. Lived in Africa about 1.9 to 1.6 million years ago. The couple, Louis and Mary Leakey, discovered the first remains of this in 1960 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Answer 12

Homo Habilis

Question 13

Meaning of homo habilis

Answer 13

Handy man/skilled man

Question 14

Who discovered the first remains of Homo habilis

Answer 14

Louis and Mary Leakey

Question 15

When and where did the Leakey couple discover the remains of Homo habilis

Answer 15

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania in 1960

Question 16

People who stand and walk upright. Lived from 1.8 ot 300,000 years ago. It is said to be the first hominid to travel out of Africa, discover fire, and initiate clothing

Answer 16

Homo Erectus

Question 17

The Dutch Eugene Dabois discovered the first remains of Homo erectus on the island of Java, Indonesia in 1891. What do we call this homo erectus?

Answer 17

Java man

Question 18

Who discovered java man

Answer 18

eugene dabois

Question 19

Means, “thinking person”. It is estimated to have lived 400,000 to 30,000 years ago. It has a large brain, smaller teeth compared to Homo Erectus.

Answer 19

Homo Sapiens

Question 20

Is able to adapt to the type of weather in the area where he lives and knows how to use fire

Answer 20

Homo sapiens

Question 21

Found in Neander, Germany. It lived during a time when much of Europe was covered in ice, which is probably why it has thick body hair and is muscular

Answer 21

Neanderthal Man

Question 22

Found in the Dordogne region in the southwestern part of France, about six feet high. It uses great hunting tools and is capable of rinse a painting in caves

Answer 22

Cro-magnon man

Question 23

The remains of the cro-magnon man was found where?

Answer 23

Dordogne region in the southwestern part of france

Question 24

Between 1962 and 1966, archaeologist Dr. Robert B. Fox discovered the upper skull cap and jaw of a Homo Sapiens where?

Answer 24

Tabon Cave, Palawan.

Question 25

It lived 22,000 to 24,000 years ago

Answer 25

Tabon Man

Question 26

Possesses the character of a modern man. From Africa, it spread to Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia

Answer 26

Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

Question 27

Its most important feature is that it has a large brain that is almost 3x the size of a gorilla

Answer 27

Homo Sapiens Sapiens