Which is NOT a major morphological feature of robust australopithecines that differentiates them from the gracile species?
Position of the foramen magnum
Genetic evidence indicates that our hominin line diverged from the ape line that evolved into chimpanzees and bonobos most likely between 5-7 million years ago.
TRUE
Paleoanthropologists use all of the following skeletal traits to determine bipedalism in a hominin fossil except...
The loss of a double-arched foot
Bipedalism is an adaptation which helped hominids do all of the following EXCEPT:
climb trees
The foramen magnum is:
an opening in the base of the skull where the spinal cord enters
Which of the following features is NOT a modification indicative of bipedalism?
A post-orbital bar
Recent fossil finds have revised our understanding of when and where bipedalism first emerged in the human lineage. The paleoanthropological evidence known today indicates that bipedalism in our ancestors evolved:
In forests during the late Miocene
Which of the following is NOT a reason why South African fossils can be more problematic and less informative then those found in East Africa?
volcanic eruptions in Southern Africa destroyed most hominin remains
The Laetoli footprints tell us all of the following about Australopithecines EXCEPT:
Females were larger than males
Which of the following statements is false?
Robust australopithecines are the ancestors to modern humans.
The discovery of Homo habilis was important for several reasons. Which of the following is not true?
The discovery of Homo habilis proved that Homo erectus could not be a human ancestor.
Fossil evidence indicates that Homo habilis used stone-tipped weapons to hunt and kill large prey, including elephants.
FALSE