Human Evolution- Exam 1

Question 1

Evolution is a _____________ level event.

Answer 1

population

Question 2

The oldest human fossils came from…

Answer 2

Africa

Question 3

Descent with Modification (PMVA)

Answer 3

Primates
Mammals
Vertebrates
Animals

Question 4

Are humans from monkeys? If yes, why? If no, why?

Answer 4

No, monkeys are still around

Question 5

Each individual is a __________ combination.

Answer 5

unique

Question 6

Occums Razor

Answer 6

given the choice, the easiest explanation tends to be the right one

Question 7

We are old world monkeys. Which species are most like us?

Answer 7

Bonobos

Question 8

Do we have the same bones in the same places as some other animals?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

How are dolphins different than humans?

Answer 9

They have bigger brains, hence their capabilities for SONAR

Question 10

What human features make us different? (5)

Answer 10

• Great manual dexterity
• large brain for body size
• analytical and verbal skills
• elaborate social behavior
• complex culture

Question 11

Darwin came up with evolution? Or the Mechanisms of evolution?

Answer 11

Mechanisms, not evolution itself

Question 12

What is Huxley famous for?

Answer 12

Huxley argued that man clearly belonged to the order of the primates

Question 13

Sexual selection is also called…

Answer 13

Mate Choice

Question 14

From a fossil standpoint, species usually live about

Answer 14

a million years

Question 15

Fossils of extinct primates reveal that the majority of them lived in..

Answer 15

trees

Question 16

Many of the characteristics apparently evolved as adaptations to..

Answer 16

life in the trees (arboreal)

Question 17

Diurnal

Answer 17

Sleep during the night

Question 18

Primate Characteristics (8)

Answer 18

• Most are diurnal
• front-facing eyes
• broadly overlapping fields of vision
• perception of depth
• moveable fingers and toes
• flattened nails instead of claws
• Hands and feet are prehensile (grasping)
• Color vision

Question 19

Women have more cones in their eyes and men have more

Answer 19

rods

Question 20

Arboreal lifestyle requires a ________ brain. Because of?

Answer 20

larger. higher order of intelligence

Question 21

An ___________ thumb is another useful adaptation for an arboreal existence.

Answer 21

opposable

Question 22

Preadaptations

Answer 22

before adaptations

Question 23

Preadaptations says that

Answer 23

you only modify what you have available

Question 24

What are some preadaptations? (3)

Answer 24

High intelligence
Hand/Eye coordination
Opposable thumbs

Question 25

Each species has its ____ dental formula.

Answer 25

own

Question 26

Primates that are related to us (cggob)

Answer 26

Chimpanzee
Gorilla gorilla
orangutan
bonobos

Question 27

Bipedalism

Answer 27

the ability to walk primarily on two legs

Question 28

What does tool use require?

Answer 28

Substantial intelligence

Question 29

Men have to be…

Answer 29

bipedal

Question 30

Two of the most characteristic human traits

Answer 30

1. Bipedalism

2. Tool use

Question 31

We use our _____________ to make up for other functions we dont have.

Answer 31

intelligence

Question 32

Human brain size did what in the 4y of human evolution?

Answer 32

more than doubled

Question 33

Cursorial

Answer 33

a running or “on the ground” species

Question 34

Ex. of cursorial species

Answer 34

Wolves

Question 35

Where did Australopithecus live?

Answer 35

In the mosaic of forest and plain

Question 36

Bipedalism predates…

Answer 36

brainsize

Question 37

Which species went worldwide? ***

Answer 37

Homoerectus

Question 38

Multiregional is….

Answer 38

WRONG

Question 39

Cultural evolution is the _________ of the human record of art, science, technology, philosophy, our hopes and dreams.

Answer 39

growth

Question 40

Humans _______ evolve, ____________ evolve.

Answer 40

cannot; populations