Human Evolution Answers

Which statement is supported by the fossil record?

Which feature is common to all primates?

What is the name of the group that consists only of modern humans and their direct ancestors?

Which best describes the lower body structures of humans and chimpanzees?

The fossil record indicates that the earliest hominids most likely originated on which continent?

Which statement helps explain why humans have a highly developed forebrain and midbrain compared to other primates?

Consider the timeline of the evolution of human ancestors.Which series correctly lists the order of species (from A to E) that belong on the timeline?

Consider the diagram.Which statement is supported by the diagram?

Which explanation is most likely an effect of the evolution of a larger brain in humans?

Which adaptation makes bipedalism possible?

In 1998, paleoanthropologist Rick Potts published an article in The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, a peer-reviewed journal. The article was titled “Environmental Hypotheses of Hominin Evolution.” Which statement about Rick Potts would most increase his authority?

In 1998, paleoanthropologist Rick Potts published an article in The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, a peer-reviewed journal. The article was titled “Environmental Hypotheses of Hominin Evolution.” Which statement would discredit Potts’s objectivity if it were included in the article?

A skull from the genus Homo that dates from approximately 750,000 years ago is discovered. Where would the foramen magnum most likely be located?

A new fossil is found, and scientists are debating whether it can be considered a part of the human genus Homo. What piece of evidence would best indicate that the fossil is human?