Who are Homo sapiens?
Tool making man
Upright man
Wise or thinking man
All of these
Who are Homo erectus?
Fossils are most commonly preserved in :
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Any type of rock
Fossils of Java Man was discovered in which year?
1899
1872
1890
1891
Name the author of 'Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature' ?
Richard Owen
Thomas Henry Huxley
Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Humans share a common ancestor with which of following primates?
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
Monkeys
Orangutans
What was the limitation of Darwin's hypothesis explaining the origin of bipedalism that stated "standing upright allowed hominids to carry tools with their hand"?
bipedalism evolved as a means for efficient locomotion in searching for food
bipedalism evolved as a strategy for carrying food back to the group
hominids developed containers to carry tools
bipedalism evolved 3.5 million years before tool use
The teeth of Australopithecus afarensis appear intermediate between ape and human teeth, the reason being:
there is no diastema
they have large, projecting canines
their lower premolars are bicuspid, with one cusp larger than the other
a and c
The skulls of robust australopithecines are massively built with huge premolars and molars, large, flaring zygomatic arches, and a sagittal crest along the top of the skull. What does these features contribute in?
fighting
hunting
chewing
reproduction
Who first discovered Paranthropus boisei?
Mary Leakey
Max Schlosser
