Human Evolution MCQs
Human Evolution MCQs
Answer these 30 Human Evolution MCQs and see how sharp is your knowledge of Human Evolution.
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1: The lack of innovation in Acheulian technology for more than one million years indicates a lack of intelligence among H. erectus.
A. True
B. False
2: How did early members of the genus Homo differ from australopithecines?
A. They did not have prehensile tails.
B. They were bipedal.
C. They were arboreal.
D. They had larger brains.
3: Which of the following archaic human populations was contemporaneous with modern human and Neanderthal between 30,000 and 48,000 years ago?
A. Rudolfians
B. Habilines
C. Denisovans
D. Australopithecines
4: Homo erectus, the first hominin to migrate out of Africa during the Pleistocene, was able to adapt to varied climates through ______.
A. Clothing
B. Permanent shelters
C. The control of fire
D. Complex symbolic communication systems
5: By far, ______ distinguishes hominins from other members of the order Primates.
A. Bipedalism
B. Prehensile hands
C. Binocular and stereoscopic vision
D. Lactation
6: Which of the following was likely an important adaptive benefit of light skin, appearing in Europeans around 29,000 years ago?
A. The ability to use symbols.
B. The ability to synthesize vitamin D from ultraviolet radiation.
C. The ability to make composite tools.
D. The ability to control fire.
7: Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists estimate that humans first migrated to the Americas about ______ years ago.
A. 400,000
B. 40,000
C. 4,000
D. 400
8: Thomas Malthus’ observation that population growth outpaces available resources contributed directly to the discovery of which force of evolution?
A. Mutation
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene flow
D. Natural selection
9: The Neanderthal burial at Shanidar, Iraq, suggests which of the following?
A. The individual buried there died quickly after a severe injury to the head.
B. The individual buried there was cared for and recovered after a severe injury to the head.
C. The Neanderthal population at Shanidar was swiftly decimated by infectious disease.
D. The individual buried there was ritually sacrificed.
10: Bipedalism is the ability to walk erect on _____
A. Two fore legs
B. Two hind legs
C. One fore and one hind leg
D. Four legs
11: Tools, such as harpoons or spears, made from several components are known as_____
A. Power Tool
B. Composite Tool
C. Flex Tool
D. Both a and b
12: Cosmologies refer to the ideas that present the _____ as an orderly system.
A. Creation
B. Heavens
C. Outer space
D. Universe
13: Denisovans is a previously unknown species or subspecies of hominin identified on the basis of genetic material recovered from hominin bones discovered in Denisova cave in Siberia and _____
A. Australia
B. Russia
C. Malaysia
D. All of these
14: Mitochondrial DNA and genomic data from bones dating between 30,000 and 48,000 years ago revealed a genetic pattern in denisovans unlike that found in _____
A. Humans
B. Homo habilis
C. Neanderthals
D. Both a and c
15: Denisovans share a common origin with Neandertals, and that they interbred with the ancestors of modern-day _____
A. Melanesians
B. Australian Aborigines
C. Homo habilis
D. Both a and b
16: Evolution is the process of change within the_____ of a species over time.
A. Physical appearance
B. Genetic makeup
C. Geographic climate
D. Both a and b
17: Genes are discrete units of hereditary information that determine specific _____ characteristics of organisms.
A. Cellular level
B. Tissue level
C. Mitochondrial
D. Physical
18: The study of _____ is called Genetics.
A. Nucleus
B. Mitochondria
C. Evolution
D. Genes
19: In taxonomic classification, Hominins refers to members of the Hominini tribe of subfamily Homininae, which includes _____
A. Humans
B. Immediate ancestors of humans
C. Homo habilis
D. Both a and b
20: Hybridization and Assimilation Model refers to models of the evolution of anatomically modern humans that allow for varying degrees of gene flow between Homo sapiens and earlier populations of _____ via gene flow or genetic admixture.
A. Archaic Homo sapiens
B. Homo erectus
C. Homo heidelbergensis
D. All of these
21: Mousterian Tradition is the middle _____ stone tool tradition associated with Neandertals in Europe.
A. Paleolithic
B. Mesolithic
C. Neolithic
D. All of these
22: Multiregional Evolutionary Model is the view that Homo sapiens evolved from _____ concurrently in different regions of the world.
A. Homo erectus
B. Homo habilis
C. Homo heidelbergensis
D. Homo floresiensis
23: Natural Selection is a theory presented by _____ that nature or environmental circumstances determine which characteristics are essential for survival. Individuals with these characteristics survive and pass them on to their offspring.
A. Darwin
B. Wallace
C. Lamarck
D. Both a and b
24: The paleoanthropological theory that Homo sapiens evolved in one world area and then expanded, replacing regional populations of earlier hominids is known as Replacement Model.
A. True
B. False
25: The most recent period of the Paleolithic, defined by archaeologists on the basis of changes in stone tool technology, as well as other technological innovations is known as_____
A. Upper Paleolithic
B. Late stone age
C. Early stone age
D. Both a and b
26: Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.
A. Premolars and molars
B. Temporalis muscles and a sagittal crest
C. Front teeth and small back teeth
D. Both a and b
27: Fossils from _______ suggest that people lived there around 14,000 to 9,000 ya.
A. Lake Mungo
B. Border Cave
C. Ordos
D. Kow Cave
28: Gigantopithecus stood ________ feet tall and weighed ________ pounds.
A. Four;300
B. Ten;660
C. Six;250
D. Five;400
29: Thick dental enamel in ________ helps with crushing food.
A. Neanderthals
B. Australopithecines
C. Prosimians
D. Homo habilis
30: Stimulants such as cocaine produce euphoria because they ______.
A. Block the re-uptake of dopamine in the brain
B. Her circadian rhythms are adjusted to the time in Toronto
C. Block the production of melatonin in the brain
D. None of these
31: Fertilizer in waterways can lead to an increase in _______.
A. Nitrogen
B. Phosphorus
C. Algae
D. All of the above
32: Siphoning of wetlands in iraq has led to _______.
A. Rising sea levels
B. Drought
C. An increase in biodiversity
D. Them becoming arid desert
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