QUIZ 5

Question 1

Which of the following is a famous primatologist who is best known for her work studying chimpanzees in the wild?

Answer 1

Jane Goodall

Question 2

True or false? Richard Leakey discovered “Zinj” (OH5)

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following chewing muscles were greatly enlarged in the species Australopithecus boisei?

Answer 3

temporalis

Question 4

The late Pliocene is characterized by which type of trend, warming or cooling?

Answer 4

cooling

Question 5

True or false? In general, members of the genus Homo have much larger molars than members of the genus Australopithecus.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Who of the following is a famous primatologist that was inspired by LSB Leakey and worked with gorillas?

Answer 6

Dian Fossey

Question 7

Australopithecus bosei is characterized by which of the following traits?

Answer 7

Forwardly placed zygomatics

Question 8

True or false? Louis Leakey excavated at Olduvai Gorge for two decades without recovering anything significant.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Paranthropus or Australopithecus boisei had much _____________ molar teeth than modern humans.

Answer 9

larger

Question 10

Is the human temporalis muscle bigger or smaller than the Australopithecus boisei temporalis muscle?

Answer 10

smaller

Question 11

The Peninj mandible, found in northern Tanzania, belongs to which of the following species?

Answer 11

Australopithecus boisei

Question 12

Fossils of which of the following species have been discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Lake Turkana, Omo, Peninj, and Konso?

Answer 12

Australopithecus boisei

Question 13

Homo habilis existed between __________ million years ago.

Answer 13

2.8-1.5

Question 14

True or false? Members of the genus Australopithecus were all extinct at the time that Homo first appears in the hominin fossil record.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Are the teeth and jaws of early Homo generally larger or smaller than Australopithecus teeth and jaws?

Answer 15

smaller

Question 16

True or false? The genus Homo generally has larger brow ridges than the genus Australopithecus.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false? Homo rudolfensis is characterized by an absence of the brow ridge.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The first fossils of the Homo rudolfensis species were discovered in the 1970s in _____.

Answer 18

Kenya

Question 19

The Olduwan tools found at Olduvai Gorge were likely made by Australopithecus bosei.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Which of the following traits do NOT characterize Homo habilis?

Answer 20

Parallel tooth rows