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Landscape Ecology: Human EvolutionInstructionsWelcome to your first (Test 1) which is based on the first weeks work on Primate and Human Evolution.

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Word Bank, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.1. A Neanderthal skull was first discovered in Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar in 1848, eight years prior to the "original" discovery in a limestone quarry of the Neander Valley. In which country does the Neander Valley occur?

Correct ChoiceX Germany

EnglandKenyaJavaSouth AfricaTanzaniaEthiopia

Matching Drag and Drop, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.2. Match the skull in the diagram to the species

Choice MatchAustralopithecus afarensis 1Australopithecus africanus 2Homo habilis 3Homo erectus 4Homo neandertalensis 5Homo sapiens Not in diagram

Matching Drag and Drop, 6 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.3. Match the cranial capacity in cubic centimeters to the hominid

Choice Match1512 Homo neanderthalensis 1355 Homo sapiens1016 Homo erectus1198 Homo heidelbergensis 552 Homo habilis300 Homo floresensis

Multiple Response, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.4. The Piltdown Man is still possibly the most famous "Scientific Hoax". In constructing this hoax the perpetrator ensured that the following was done to convine the authenticity of the “fossil find”

Correct ChoiceX A genuine "old" cranium was used (about 50 000 years)X The skull cranium was especially thickened and had been deliberately broken into pieces

to make it more X The cranium and jaw bone had been deliberately stained to look olderX The teeth (from the lower jaw was fron an Orangutan) had been filed down to more

resemble human teethX Cranium and jaw processes (points of articulation) had been deliberated broken so that it

appeared to be from the same individual and work together.X Other fossil pieces from different co-existing animals and flint implements were

introduced to the scene to add authernticity to the fossil dig.

Feedback when correct: CorrectFeedback when incorrect: Incorrect

Hotspot, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.5. On the map indicate where the earliest modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved? (On the map indicate where the earliest modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved?)

Hotspot location: Top: 229, Left: 46, Width: 41, Height: 40

Matching Drag and Drop, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.6. Match the hominid fossil with the country where the fossil was first collected (type specimen)

Choice MatchAustalopithecus afarensis (now put in the genus Praeanthropus)

Ethiopia

Homo erectus South East AsiaZinjanthropus TanzaniaAustralopithecus africanus South AfricaHomo neanderthalensis Germany

Multiple Response, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.7. Which of the following is true for the fossil skull known as "Piltdown Man"? (Which charactersitics accompanied the fossil skull known as Piltdown Man)

Correct ChoiceX The fosil skull showed possessed a relatively large cranial capacity

The fossil skull possessed a lower jaw that was similar to a modern human jawX The fossil skull was discovered by Charles DawsonX The fossil skull was at the time of being discovered considered to be about 500 000 years

oldX This fossil contradicted the fossils finds at the time, in that it showed that the cranial

capacity was one of the earliest evolutionary steps from ape-like to human-like development

X This discovery was meet with fairly considerable skepticism when announced to the world in the early 1900's

Multiple Choice, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.8. Homo neanderthalensis was most different to modern humans with respect to (Homo neanderthalensis was most different to modern humans with respect to)

Correct ChoiceBrain sizeHeightWeight

X Genetic compositionNone of the above

Multiple Choice, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.9. Mitochondrial Eve is sometimes referred to as African Eve, and was an antomically modern human species that left Africa to invade the rest of the world around how many thousand years ago?

Correct Choice50,000 years ago

X 100,000 years ago200,000 years ago500,000 years agoThe concept of a Mitochondrial Eve of african origin has been disproven.


Sequence Drag and Drop, 4 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.10. Accepting Modern Man (homo sapiens) evolved out of Africa (the Mitochondrial Eve hypothesis) organize the parts of the world that would have become invaded in sequence from first to last.

Correct orderMiddle EastEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAntarctica


Matching Drag and Drop, 4 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.11. Match the species name to the popular name

Choice MatchAustralopithecus africanus Taung ChildAustralopithecus afarensis LucyHomo erectus Java ManHomo ergaster Turkana Boy

Sequence Drag and Drop, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.12. Put the following animals in sequence from what is considered the most primitive to the most advanced

Correct orderLemursGibbonsOrangutansGorillasChimpanzeesHumans

Word Bank, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.13. Olduvai Gorge is possibly the most famous fossil site for early hominids. In which country does Olduvai Gorge occur in ?

Correct ChoiceKenyaSouth AfricaChinaIndonesiaEthiopia

X None of the countries mentioned

Multiple Response, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.14. If a Neaderthal Man were to be reconstructed from genetic material and then lived as a noraml person in Cape Town wearing everyday clothes what anatomically features would strike you as being at least slightly "strange". In the picture a Neaderthal skeleton (left) is compared to a modern human skeleton (right) to help you decide.

Correct ChoiceX VoiceX A rather pronounced eye brow ridgeX Rather short statureX Rather a large noseX Would appear to have the build suitable for the local rugby club

Seemed to have a rather pronounced "haunched" back Seems a bit bow-leggedSeems especially dim-witted


Numeric, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.15. DNA similarity between humans and chimpanzees as a percentage is (DNA similarity between humans and chimpanzees as a percentage is )

Acceptable numeric valuesBetween 97 99

Multiple Choice, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.

16. The fossil record has shown that in the same region more than one hominid species co existed with each other. Identify which homind combination is the most unlikely to have co-existed.

Correct ChoiceHomo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiensParanthropus boisei and Paranthropus robustus (Zinjanthropus)Homo habilis and Paranthropus robustus (Zinjanthropus)

X Homo sapiens and Australopithecus afarensisOnly choice A is correct the other answers are incorrect


Matching Drag and Drop, 4 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.17. Match the hominid with the most suitable invention

Choice MatchHomo erectus Earliest use of fireHomo habilis Ealiest use of stone instrumments

Homo sapiens Ealiest known art (rock paintings)Homo neanderthalensis Earliest ritual burial

Multiple Choice, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.18. The difference in genetic material between modern human and Neaderthal man is (The difference in genetic material between modern human and Neaderthal man is)

Correct Choicealmost but not quite identical and therefore Nederthal is a possible ancestor of modern humansis twice as different indicating that modern humans and Neaderthal probably interbredis sufficiently similar such that Neaderthal can be considered a sub-species of Homo sapiens but it is uncertain whether it was an ancestor or inter-bred with modern humans

X is four times different and consequently modern man and Neanderthal did not share a common ancestor or interbreed for at least 500,000 yearsnon of the above is correct


Numeric, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.19. Modern humans arrive in Europe around how many thousand years? Please provide the full figure e.g. 150000 (The cranial capacity of Homo habilis)

Acceptable numeric valuesBetween 50000 35000

Matching Drop-down, 6 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.20. Match the fossil with the person that named or discovered it?

Choice MatchHomo habilis Louis LeakeyAustralopithecus africanus Raymond Dart Australopithecus afarensis Donald JohansonHomo erectus Eugène DuboisHomo sapiens Carl LinnaeusHomo neanderthalensis Johann Karl Fuhlrott

Hotspot, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.21. Click on the individual that best represents Homo habilis


Multiple Response, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.22. Raymond Dart claimed that the skull he found in South Africai n the early 1920's was an intermediate species between ape and man. His claim about this fossil find was mostly rejected by the scientific community at the time. Sir Arthur Keith (a leading figure in the field of human evolution) suggested that the skull belonged to a young ape, most likely from an infant gorilla. Identify which facts associated with this discovery are true. (Raymond Dart claimed that the skull he found in South Africain the early 1920's was an intermediate species between ape and man. His claim about this fossil find was mostly rejected by the scientific community at the time. Sir Arthur Keith (a leading figure in the field of human evolution) suggested that the skull belonged to a young ape, most likely from an infant gorilla. Identify which facts associated with this discovery are true.)

Correct ChoiceX Sir Arthur Keith rejected the evidence of the new skull since he still believed that

Piltdown Man with is large cranum was the true link between apes and man.

X Professor Raymond Dart was an "outsider" working in distance South Africa and therefore was unlikely to find anything notableRaymond Dart's discovery was also later found to be a scientific hoax

X Professor Darts was finding was not suported by Professor Robert Broom Professor Darts was finding later to be correctly identified as skull of primate (confirming what Sir Arthur Keith's position)


Matching Drag and Drop, 4 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.23. Match the most similar species with each other based on cladograms and morphological features

Choice MatchHomo habilis Homo rudolfensisHomo heidelbergensis Homo neanderthalensis

Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus

Homo erectus Homo ergaster

Multiple Choice, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.24. The cranium KNM-ER 1470 represents which species?

Correct ChoiceHomo neanderthalensisHomo heidelbergensisHomo ergasterHomo erectusHomo habilis

X Homo rudolfensis

Sequence Drag and Drop, 6 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.25. Arrange the hominids by their verified age from earliest to most modern

Correct orderHomo habilisHomo erectusHomo ergasterHomo heidelbergensis

Homo neanderthalensisHomo sapiens

Word Bank, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.26. Which was the first characteristic that marked the evolutionary turning point in the evolution of an animal that was ape like to becoming human?

Correct ChoiceAn opposable thumb and an hand with a precision gripA jaw that is changing from being adapted from a herbivorous to an omnivorous/carnivorous dietLarge and forward facing eyesSignificantly enlarged cranial capacityA languageA culture and/or religonCommunal living

X A bipedal stance

Hotspot, 2 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.27. Locate on the map where the fossil Eoanthropus dawsonii was discovered?


Sequence Drop-down, 5 points, 1 attempt(s) permitted.28. Homo floresiensis, which lived to about 12 TYA (announced 28 October 2004 in the science journal Nature), has been nicknamed hobbit for its small size, probably a result of Island dwarfing. Homo floresiensis is intriguing both for its size and its age, being by far the most recent species of Homo that does not lie along the direct evolutionary path of modern humans. Homo floresiensis is bot the smallest and lightest species of the genus homo. Organize the other species of Homo in a scale of increasing mass.

(Homo floresiensis, which lived to about 12 TYA (announced 28 October 2004 in the science journal Nature), has been nicknamed hobbit for its small size, probably a result of Island dwarfing. Homo floresiensis is intriguing both for its size and its age, being by far the most recent species of Homo that does not lie along the direct evolutionary path of modern humans. Homo floresiensis is bothe smallest and lightest species of homo. Organize the other species of Homo in a scale of increasing mass. )

Correct orderHomo habilisHomo erectusHomo ergasterHomo heidelbergensisHomo neanderthalensis

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