Life Sciences-Hominid Studies

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Decks in this class (10)

Introduction (1)
Since the ________ revolution we ...,
What order do humans belong to,
How many species make up the prim...
22  cards
Sequence of human evolution & Evidence for a common ancestor for living hominids (2)
Humans belong to the order primat...,
Due to differing characteristics ...,
Genetic analysis combined with fo...
32  cards
Human evolution from ape- like ancestors (3)
The story of human evolution bega...,
Which forces have directed,
Those hominins with adaptations t...
30  cards
How does the change in teeth and skull show a change in diet? (4)
Another trend evident in human ev...,
The first and most important tren...,
The following suggests that the a...
5  cards
Genetic evidence (5)
The strong similarities between h...,
Which bit of genetic evidence sup...,
What does the comparison of nucle...
7  cards
Cultural evidence (6)
Fossils and genetic evidence are ...,
African apes use objects such as ...,
What is the next major step in hu...
27  cards
Major phases in hominin evolution from 6 mya to present (7)
The first 4 million years or so o...,
Over the passage of time from the...,
These dramatic changes presented ...
32  cards
Homo (8)
When did the homo genus begin,
True or false some of the homo sp...,
What created evolutionary pressur...
30  cards
Worldwide distribution of hominin fossils (9)
Which continent is where homo fos...,
Which two african sites have many...,
How long is the great rift valley...
36  cards
Spread of modern humans around the world (10)
There are two main hypotheses how...,
What does the out of africa hypot...,
It is proposed that an earlier ho...
22  cards

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