Primates-Humans

Question 1

Primates evolved by adapting to life in ______________.
a) They have __________ hands and feet with separate__________________ on hands and feet.
b) Sensitive _________ ridges on hands and feet.
c) Flat ________ instead of claws.
d) Fully opposable ___________
e) ____________ brains
f) __________ births with longer parental _____________.
g) ____________vision with close together eyes on a flat face allowing for better _______
perception

Answer 1

Trees
Grasping, opposable thumbs
Dermal
Nails
Thumbs
Large
Slower, cave
Binocular
Depth

Question 2

Prosimians include the ________________ and __________________.
a) They live exclusively in _________________________________

Answer 2

Lemurs and Tarsiers
Madagascar

Question 3

Anthropoids include ___________, ___________, and __________

Answer 3

Monkeys, Apes, and humans

Question 4

Hominoids include the _____________ and __________

Answer 4

Apes and Humans

Question 5

Hominins (Hominids) include _________

Answer 5

Species that are part of human Evolution

Question 6

Monkeys
a) The older groups are the “new world” monkeys, found in _____________________.
i) They have a _____________ tail and live exclusively in ________________.
ii) Their nostrils open _______________.

Answer 6

Central and south america
Prehensive, tress
Outward

Question 7

Apes Include: _______, ___________, ___________, and __________.
a) Their arms are ____________ than their legs.
b) They move using a _____________ walk, support their weight with their shoulders.
c) They primary live ____________________

Answer 7

Gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and Orangutans
Longer
Knuckle
Ground

Question 8

Hominins
a) Split from other apes about ________________ MYA
b) We looked at two major genera: _________________ and ____________.
c) Human traits evolved and different rates along the lineages in __________ evolution.
d) Australopithecus evolved for life on _______________ by adapting to ________________.
e) This ability can be seen in the fossil record by the position of the ___________ on the skull and
legs that _____________________.

Answer 8

6-7
Ardipithecus and Australopithecus
Punctuated
The ground by adapting to bipedalism
Foreman Magnum
are dapated for walking

Question 9

f) A trend in Homo evolution is an increased __________________ and less sexual __________.

Answer 9

Brain Size and less sexual demorphism

Question 10

g) First to make tools: Homo ____________. Followed by in Homo ____________.

Answer 10

Habilis, Erectus

Question 11

h) First out of Africa was in Homo _________ going as far as _______________.

Answer 11

Erectus, Asia

Question 12

i) Those remaining in Africa became in Homo _________spreading out going as far as Asia/Europe
they first become in Homo _______________.

Answer 12

Sapiens, Neanderthalensis

Question 13

j) Ice age climate changes separated/isolated in the Homo heidelbergensis into two groups
becoming:
i) Homo __________ in Europe
ii) Homo __________ in central Asia
k) Those remaining Homo antecessor in Africa becomes Homo ____________.
l) After the end of the ice age H. sapiens spread out and ____________________ with the other
two.

Answer 13

Neanderthalensis
Denisovan
Sapiens
Interbred

Question 14

b) The newer groups are the “old world” monkeys found in ______________________.
i) They have a _________________ tail.
ii) They live both in ________________ and on _____________.
iii) Their nostrils open _______________

Answer 14

Africa, Asia, And parts of europe
Non-prehensve
Trees and on ground
Downward