Your Inner Reptile

What do humans have built into our skin that reptiles do not

• spikes

• dead skin cells

• moisturizers

• pigment

Anatomists can learn a lot about a fossilized organism from its

• skin

• color

• size

• teeth

Scientists believe that whiskers were first used as

• thermoregulator

• increase attractiveness for mating

• food finder

• sensory organ

The earliest mammals survived the mass extinction of dinosaurs because

• they got lucky

• they were bigger and stronger

• they lived in burrows

• they were still living in water

Baron George Cuvier boasted that he could

• reconstruct entire skeleton from one tooth

• Predict the next mass extinction

• Reconstruct the inner ear of early mammals

• identify exact date dinosaurs went extinct

Dr. Shubin's friend that loves the rocks in South Africa is

• Dr. McDonnel

• Roger Smith

• Abigail Tucker

• Michael Berrymen

Our ears are

• super cool!

• a matched pair

• for piercing only

• super sensitive

The Bay of Fundy is a great place to fossil hunt because

• it has huge tides

• Its all lava rock

• It's all sedimentary rock

• Easy to access

In order to reproduce on land, instead of water, organisms had to come up with a way to

• keep the embryo from drying out

• move through sand and rock

• find a mate

• have lots of offsring

Reptile teeth are simplistic compared to human teeth because

• they don't eat plants

• they eat a lot of meat

• they constantly grow multiple sets

• they have cuspids