Exam 6: The First Hominins and the Emergence of Homo

Dwarfism is an adaptation commonly found on islands when there __________.

With the drying trend of 16 million to 11 million years ago,the area called the __________ expanded in Africa.

How does bipedal locomotion compare to the quadrupedal movement of chimpanzees?

What evidence supports the idea that A.afarensis was at least partially arboreal?

Scientists on a dig have discovered a 2.5 million-year-old hominin fossil in Tanzania.Which species will this most likely represent?

Which scholar proposed the idea that male hominins needed their hands free to carry food back to females and babies,waiting at a home base?

Discuss and evaluate the various theories on the evolution of bipedalism.

Is it possible that toolmaking is at least partially responsible for the development of bipedalism in hominins?

A.afarensis was sexually dimorphic,which means that __________.

Which was the first plausible candidate for a transitional species between hominoids and hominins?

For which of the following species does the fossil evidence suggest habitual bipedalism?

Why might large bifacial stone tools be absent from the Acheulian assemblages in eastern Asia?

A.anamensis has been found in several locations in __________.

Which term can be used to refer to the entire culture of Homo erectus?

The first clear evidence of stone tools appears more than __________ million years after the appearance of bipedalism.