Name:______________________________Per:_____Date:__________
Ape to Man – Video Quiz
**Attach your notes to the back of this quiz.
1. Which of the following characteristic(s) are true regarding Neanderthals:
a. Tall
b. High protein diet
c. Very small brain
d. Big nose
e. Tool maker
2. What led to the extinction of Neanderthals?
3. Charles Dawin’s Book, “The Origin of Species” is one of the first
publications regarding _________________________________ .
4. What was the approximate time frame of Homo erectus?
a) 100,000 years ago
b) 500,000 years ago
c) 800,000 years ago
d) 1 million years ago
5. Which of the following characteristic(s) is/are true regarding Homo erectus?
a. Used fire
b. Lived with a family
c. Very hairy
d. herbivore
e. Tool maker
6. What was the name of Charles DAWSON (not Darwin) “lie?”
7. The fossil that Dawson found was from a modern ape. What was done to it to make it
look human and to make it look old?
8. Taung Child is also known as:
a. Piltdown man
b. Homo erectus
c. Southern Ape of Africa
d. Zinge
9. What continent is thought to be the start of human ancestry?
10.
Why was “LUCY” such a major scientific find?
11.
True or False. Two human species existed at the same time, around 40,000
years ago.
12.
True or False. Modern Humans won out of the Neanderthals. We out
competed the Neanderthals.
13.
It was once thought that brain growth drove human evolution. That
idea has been replaced by the idea that __________________________ seems
to drive human evolution.
14.
Have a big brain and use of fire are signs of modern human. List three more
characteristics and/or behaviors of modern humans.
15.
Number the following from OLDEST to YOUNGEST. Oldest should have a “1”
and the youngest should have a “6”
Taung Child
Lucy
Modern Humans
Neanderthal
Habilos
Homo erectus
16.
Walking on two feet allowed our ancestors to
________________________ further than any of the ancestors before.
17.
Walking on two feet (bipedally) also freed the hands to allow the
making and use of ______________________.