Human Evolution Answers

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?

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?

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

An anthropologist finds a fossil in Africa that appeared less than 100,000 years ago. To which species could the specimen belong?

Which feature is common to all 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?

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?

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

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

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