Human Evolution Answers

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

Which feature is common to all primates?

An anthropologist finds a fossil that is 4 million years old. Its pelvis suggests it walked upright. Which species could the specimen belong to?

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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?