Human Origins

Question 1

East Africa during the Miocene

Answer 1

25 to 5 million years ago

Question 2

East Africa during the Pliocene

Answer 2

5 to 2.5 million years ago

Question 3

Primitive primates0

Answer 3

lemurs, omomyid,
galago/bush babies

Question 4

monkeys

Answer 4

Central & South
America, Asia, Africa

Question 5

apes

Answer 5

Africa & Asia; humans
are global of course

Question 6

Four types of modern chimpanzees

Answer 6

1. West African Chimpanzee
2. Eastern Chimpanzee
3. Central African Chimpanzee
4. Bonobo

Question 7

Sahelanthropus

Answer 7

 7.0 to 5.0 Ma
 From Chad
 Oldest known
fossil of a
human
ancestor
 Only cranial
material

Question 8

orrorin

Answer 8

 6 Ma
 Lake Baringo
(Kenya)

Question 9

ardipithecus

Answer 9

6.0 to 5.0 Ma Ethiopia

Question 10

LUCY

Answer 10

Australopithecus afarensis
3 to 4 million years ago in eastern Africa

Question 11

Brain size of humans

Answer 11

> 1000 cc

Question 12

Brain size of chimpanzees and australopithecines

Answer 12

500 cc

Question 13

Head-neck joint

Answer 13

Bipedalism (foramen magnum)

Question 14

human + australopithcine angle of insertion

Answer 14

90 degrees

Question 15

chimpanzee angle of insertion

Answer 15

less than 90 degrees

Question 16

laetoli footsteps

Answer 16

Preserved in volcanic
ash in Tanzania

Question 17

2 million years ago

Answer 17

homo erectus

Question 18

homo erectus

Answer 18

• Evolves in Africa at 2 million
  years ago
• Migrated to Europe and Asia
  by 1 million years ago

Question 19

KNM-ER 3733, KNM-ER
3833, KNM-WT 15000 date

Answer 19

1.5 Ma

Question 20

150,000 years ago

Answer 20

Homo sapiens

Question 21

Upper Paleolithic Period

Answer 21

50,000 years ago

Question 22

Chauvet

Answer 22

cave painting from 32,000 years ago

Question 23

Lascaux

Answer 23

cave painting from 17,000 years ago

Question 24

Peche Merle

Answer 24

cave painting from 15,000 years ago

Question 25

australopithecus

Answer 25

ape-like human ancestors that walked on two legs but are not on our direct lineage

Question 26

foramen magnum

Answer 26

big hole

Question 27

Turkana Boy

Answer 27

a homo erectus skeleton found in Kenya and dated to 1.5-1.6 Ma

Question 28

upper paleolithic

Answer 28

50,000 years ago, beginning of cave paintings

Question 29

venus figures

Answer 29

we don't know what they are meant for, but they have heavily exaggerated feminine features