HUMAN EVOLUTION

A/An (orangutan / human / gorilla / kangaroo) is not a hominid.

• Kangaroo

• Human

• Gorilla

• Orangutan

Hominids do not all have (an opposable thumb / flat toe and fingernails / a tail / premolars and molars with rounded cusps).

• opposable thumb

• fingernails

• A tail

• flat toe

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

(Stereoscopic vision / bipedalism / two five-fingered hands) is a characteristic which distinguishes humans from the African apes.

• two five-fingered hands

• stereoscopic vision

• Bipedalism

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

(Homo habilis / Homo sapiens / Gorilla gorilla / Australopithecus africanus) is not a hominin.

• homo sapiens

• gorilla gorilla

• homo habilis

• Australopithecus africanus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Study the skulls below and answer the questions that follow. Which one of these skulls does not belong to a hominin?

• A

• D

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of these skulls belong to bipedal organisms?

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• A,B,D

Place these four skulls in the correct order, dating from the most primitive to the most advanced.

• D, A, B, C (correct order) OR Gorilla gorilla; Australopithecus africanus

• D B A C (correct order) OR Gorilla gorilla; Australopithecus africanus

• A, C, B,D (correct order) OR Gorilla gorilla; Australopithecus africanus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Name THREE characteristics visible above, that we share with other hominids.

• - opposable thumbs - steroscopic vision - no tail

• - opposable thumbs - stetreoscopic vision - no tail

• - opposable thumbs - stereoscopic vision - no tail

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

1 Identify each of the organisms that are represented by A and B.

• a human and a gorilla

• kangaroo and a human

• a human and a gorilla gorilla

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Name the three main types of evidence that indicate the common ancestry of hominids.

• evolved tools, Fossil evidence, genetic evidence

• Fossil evidence, tool culture, caves

• fossil evidence, genetic evidence, cultural evidence

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1