Who first described a single human tooth ?
Richard Owen
Thomas Henry Huxley
Alfred Russel Wallace
Max Schlosser
Name the place where the earlierst hominids lived?
Africa, Asia, North America, Europe
Africa, Asia
Africa
North America and Europe
The famous Neanderthal fossil was first discovered in which place?
Italy
Germany
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
The fossil specimen nicknamed “Lucy” is an example of what species?
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus afarensis
Kenyanthropus platyops
Australopithecus aethiopicus
Two important characteristics of the first hominids :
bipedal locomotion, large brains
bipedal locomotion, small brains
quadrupedal locomotion, large brains
monogamous social groups
Which is the most probable direct human ancestor among the following?
Alloophorus robustus
Australopithecus boisei
Australopithecus garhi
a & b
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 first Neanderthal fossils was found in which year?
1854
1856
1858
Who are Homo erectus?
Tool making man
Upright man
Wise or thinking man
All of these
