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The two major groups of primates are _____. (19.1) [Hint]
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If you were to observe a monkey in a zoo, which characteristic would indicate a New World origin for that monkey species? (19.1) [Hint]
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The earliest primates were most similar to modern _____. (19.1) [Hint]
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Humans and the slender loris, a prosimian, share many traits that probably evolved in our early primate ancestors, including _____. (19.1) [Hint]
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Humans, apes, and monkeys are classified together as _____. (19.1) [Hint]
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Primates are distinguished from other mammals by __________. (19.1) [Hint]
| | opposable thumbs, nails, and good depth perception |
| | fur, claws, and small litters |
| | good depth perception, mammary glands, and single births |
| | placental reproduction, opposable thumbs, and good depth perception |
| | long tails used for balance, good depth perception, and opposable thumbs |
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Since humans colonized Madagascar, about 2,000 years ago, _____ out of about 50 lemur species have become extinct. (19.1) [Hint]
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The prosimian and anthropoid lineages were diverging _____ million years ago. (19.1) [Hint]
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Old World and New World lineages diverged over _____ million years ago. (19.1) [Hint]
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The ancestor of apes evolved from Old World monkeys about _____ million years ago. (19.1) [Hint]
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The lineage that led to humans diverged from the one that led to chimpanzees about _____ million years ago. (19.1) [Hint]
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Anthropoids include _____ but not _____. (19.1) [Hint]
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The modern genera of apes include ______. (19.2) [Hint]
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Humans are most closely related to _____. (19.2) [Hint]
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Hominoids include _____ but not _____. (19.3) [Hint]
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Hominids include _____ but not _____. (19.3) [Hint]
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The evolution of humans included all of these EXCEPT _____. (19.3) [Hint]
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Scientists who study human evolution are called __________. (19.3) [Hint]
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Homo erectus __________. (19.3) [Hint]
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Which of the following correctly lists probable ancestors of modern humans from the oldest to the most recent? (19.3) [Hint]
| | Homo erectus, Australopithecus, Homo habilis |
| | Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus |
| | Australpithecus, Homo erectus, Homo habilis |
| | Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Australopithecus |
| | Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Australopithecus |
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There is evidence that hominids evolved at least _____ years ago. (19.3) [Hint]
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Which of the following traits distinguishes hominids from apes? (19.4) [Hint]
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__________ arose very early in hominid evolution; __________ evolved more recently. (19.4) [Hint]
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Bipedalism is associated first with what hominid? (19.4) [Hint]
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The oldest clearly hominid fossil dates to about _____ years ago. (19.4) [Hint]
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The first hominid known to make tools is(was) _____. (19.5) [Hint]
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What was the earliest hominid to have an enlarged brain (relative to body size)? (19.5) [Hint]
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Relative to Homo habilis, Homo erectus _____. (19.5) [Hint]
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The first Homo erectus fossils to be found out of Africa date to about _____ years ago. (19.5) [Hint]
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Based on the small degree of sexual dimorphism that they exhibit, some anthropologists think that Homo erectus was _____. (19.5) [Hint]
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Some anthropologists think that modern races of Homo sapiens evolved from separate populations of archaic H. sapiens in different geographic areas. How, then, do proponents of this multiregional hypothesis explain the great degree of genetic similarity among modern humans? (19.6) [Hint]
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The multiregional and replacement hypotheses for the origin of modern humans agree that _____. (19.6) [Hint]
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Which one of the following statements best fits the replacement hypothesis about the origin of modern humans? (19.6) [Hint]
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Analysis of the Y chromosome of males from different geographic regions indicates that the spread of modern humans out of Africa occurred about _____ years ago. (19.6) [Hint]
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Unlike modern humans, Neanderthals _____; but like modern humans, they were _____. (19.6) [Hint]
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Which of these is NOT one of the major milestones in the evolution of Homo sapiens? (19.9) [Hint]
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The aspect of culture that was common to both australopithecines and species of Homo was the _____. (19.10) [Hint]
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Modern humans reached Australia about _____ years ago. (19.10) [Hint]
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The development of _____ was accompanied by the origin of permanent settlements. (19.11) [Hint]
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The third stage of human culture, the one in which we currently live, is the _____. (19.11) [Hint]
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