Chapter 2 Student Quiz

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. The classification system developed in the AD 1730s to scientifically categorize all living things is known as:

Taxonomy. correct incorrect

Taphonomy. correct incorrect

Cladistics. correct incorrect

Linnaean taxonomy. correct incorrect

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. The tribe including chimps, bonobos, and their ancestors is called:

Panini correct incorrect

Hominini correct incorrect

Homininae correct incorrect

Hominins correct incorrect

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. The general term for the extinct genera Sahelanthropus, Australopithecus, and Paranthropus is:

Hominins correct incorrect

Hominoids correct incorrect

Australopiths correct incorrect

Sahelopiths correct incorrect

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. The traits that distinguish hominins from non-hominin apes are:

Intelligence and language. correct incorrect

Bipedalism and nonhoning chewing. correct incorrect

Large brains and bipedal locomotion. correct incorrect

Language and bipedalism. correct incorrect

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. The hole at the base of the skull where the spinal column articulates with the skull is the:

Junctus grande. correct incorrect

Magnus forum. correct incorrect

Oubliette. correct incorrect

Foramen magnum. correct incorrect

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. Lucy is characterized as a member of what species?

Australopithecus afarensis correct incorrect

Australopithecus africanus correct incorrect

Ardipithecus africanus correct incorrect

Sahelanthropus afarensis correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a proposed advantage of bipedalism?

Better thermoregulation correct incorrect

Frees the hands for carrying and manipulating objects correct incorrect

Ability to see longer distances correct incorrect

Improves balance capacity correct incorrect

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. Paranthropus species are often thought of as:

Cousins but not ancestors of modern humans. correct incorrect

Likely ancestors of early Homo species. correct incorrect

Indirect ancestors of modern humans due to genetic evidence. correct incorrect

Microdonts, due to their petite teeth. correct incorrect

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. Which is most true of the earliest stone tools?

They were all produced by members of genus Homo. correct incorrect

They were all produced by members of genus Australopithecus. correct incorrect

They were produced by Homo habilis. correct incorrect

We do not have complete evidence on who produced them. correct incorrect

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. Stone tools associated with the Lomekwi 3 site in West Turkana, Kenya:

Are part of the Oldowan industry. correct incorrect

Were produced without technology. correct incorrect

Are 700,000 years older than the Oldowan tool industry. correct incorrect

Include cores, flakes, drills, and axes. correct incorrect

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. The idea that different traits evolve at different rates due to differing selective pressures is known as:

Mosaic evolution. correct incorrect

Directional evolution. correct incorrect

Unilinear evolution. correct incorrect

Multilinear evolution. correct incorrect

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. In hominins, which trait evolved first?

Large brains correct incorrect

Bipedalism correct incorrect

Spoken complex language correct incorrect

Less ape-like hands correct incorrect

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. Ardi dates to 4.4 million years ago and is accepted as a hominin, though with a:

Ape-like quadrupedal gait. correct incorrect

Substantially larger brain. correct incorrect

Large saggital crest. correct incorrect

Grasping big toe. correct incorrect