Taxa of Human Evolution

Question 1

Class

Answer 1

Mammalia

Question 2

Placentalia

Answer 2

Placentals

Question 3

Order

Answer 3

Primata

Question 4

Infraorder

Answer 4

Anthropoidea

Question 5

What kind of animals are included in Infraorder Anthropoidea?

Answer 5

Monkeys and apes

Question 6

Parvorder

Answer 6

Catarrhini

Question 7

What kind of animals are included in Parvorder Catarrhini?

Answer 7

Old World monkeys

Question 8

Superfamily

Answer 8

Hominoidea

Question 9

Family

Answer 9

Hominidae

Question 10

Subfamily

Answer 10

Homininae

Question 11

Tribe

Answer 11

Hominini

Question 12

Subtribes (2)

Answer 12

1. Australopithecina

2. Hominina

Question 13

Genera (7)

Answer 13

1. Sahelanthropus
2. Orrorin
3. Ardipithecus
4. Kenyanthropus
5. Australopithecus
6. Paranthropus
7. Homo

Question 14

Species (8)

Answer 14

1. H. habilis
2. H. erectus
3. H. ergaster
4. H. heidelbergensis
5. H. rhodesiensis
6. H. neanderthalensis
7. H. floresiensis
8. H. sapiens

Question 15

Subspecies of Homo sapiens (2)

Answer 15

1. H. sapiens idaltu

2. H. sapiens sapiens

Question 16

Which species is considered the direct ancestor of modern humans?

Answer 16

Homo ergaster

Question 17

Which species is considered the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens?

Answer 17

Homo heidelbergensis

Question 18

What does the term “hominid” refer to?

Answer 18

Apes except gibbons

Question 19

What does the term “hominin” refer to?

Answer 19

Modern humans and ancestors after the divergence from chimpanzees and bonobos

Question 20

What does the term “homo” refer to?

Answer 20

Humans