Fossils of Java Man was discovered in which year?
1899
1872
1890
1891
The first fossil of Heidelberg Man" was found in which place?
Italy
China
Germany
India
Identify the bipedal characterisics of fossil footprints found at Laetoli?
nondivergent big toe
heel strike
well-developed arch
all of the above
Name the author of 'Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature' ?
Richard Owen
Thomas Henry Huxley
Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Who are Homo erectus?
Tool making man
Upright man
Wise or thinking man
All of these
Primates fossils record first appeared in which era?
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Pleistocene
Cenozoic
The famous Neanderthal fossil was first discovered in which place?
Africa
America
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
Fossils are most commonly preserved in :
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Any type of rock
The fossil specimen nicknamed “Lucy” is an example of what species?
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus afarensis
Kenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus aethiopicus
