Bio 102 Human Evolution Quizziz

What is paleoanthropology?

• the study of the evolutionary processes that apply to all species

• the study of human origins and evolution

Which of the following animals are most closely related to humans?

• Canines

• Rhesus monkeys

• Chimpanzees

• Felines

How can paleoanthropologists conclude that a species was bipedal based on only a fossil skull?​

• Location of the base of the skull for the spinal cord

• The orbital bones and their diameter

• The fontanelles of infant skulls

• Mandibular positioning

Which of the following species first controlled fire?

• Neanderthals

• Homo sapiens

• Homo erectus

• Ardipithecus ramidus

What is bipedalism?

• The ability to walk upright on two feet

• A larger brain

• The ability to use complex tools

How is mitochondrial DNA inherited and passed on?

• Only the mother's mitochondrial DNA is inherited

• Only the father's mitochondrial DNA is inherited

• Mitochondrial DNA is not inherited by offspring

• Both the mother and father's mitochondrial DNA is inherited

Why did humans evolve to have different skin tones?

• Melanin absorbs UV light

• Scientists have no real answer

• Geographic location

• Genetic inheritance

Does positive selection tend to make an allele more or less common?

• More common

• Less common

On average, how genetically similar are human individuals to one another? ​

• 0.1% similar

• 100% similar

• 99.9% similar

• 25% similar

In which environment would light skin confer an evolutionary advantage? ​

• light skin confers an evolutionary advantage in every environment.​

• light skin does not confer an evolutionary advantage in any environment.​

• environments with high UV light levels​

• environments with low UV light levels