Human Language Article Quiz!!

Researchers say they have found the (1) ____ time in history when human beings first began to speak.

• (a) liked

• (b) liking

• (c) likely

• (d) likeable

Dr Steven Mithen, an archaeologist and (2) ____ in prehistory, suggested that basic language was formed around 1.6 million years ago.

• (a) expert

• (b) expect

• (c) exact

• (d) expat

Experts (3) ____ evolution previously believed that spoken human language began around 200,000 years ago

• (a) in

• (b) at

• (c) by

• (d) to

Mithen said his studies show that the first human language developed (4) ____ in eastern or southern Africa.

• (a) either

• (b) ether

• (c) nether

• (d) neither

He said the (5) ____ to speak helped evolution.

• (a) capable

• (b) ability

• (c) able

• (d) abled

He said speech was, "without doubt, the (6) ____ which made much of subsequent human physical and cultural evolution possible".

• (a) padlock

• (b) chain

• (c) lock

• (d) key

Dr Mithen explains how he believes human speech developed (7) ____ long ago in his new book called, "The Language Puzzle".

• (a) sew

• (b) sow

• (c) so

• (d) such

He says our brain quickly increased (8) ____ size just over 1.5 million years ago.

• (a) of

• (b) on

• (c) at

• (d) in

This increase changed the structure of our brain. An area called the frontal lobe developed. This is the (9) ____ of the brain that produces language.

• (a) part

• (b) apart

• (c) party

• (d) partner

Another important change was the development (10) ____ our vocal tract.

• (a) of

• (b) by

• (c) to

• (d) on