Human Evolution Theory
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According to the theory of evolution, where did man descend from?

  • Reptiles
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Simple forms of organisms (correct)

Between which two epochs did the primate line related to modern human beings advance?

  • Miocene and Pliocene
  • Oligocene and Miocene (correct)
  • Pliocene and Paleocene
  • Paleocene and Oligocene

When did the lines of descent between apes and human beings diverge according to anthropologists?

  • Seven hundred thousand years ago
  • Seven million years ago (correct)
  • Seventy million years ago
  • Seven thousand years ago

During which geologic era did primitive forms of animals evolve from single-celled organisms?

<p>Paleozoic Era (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which epoch is often referred to as the Age of Mammals?

<p>Pliocene (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which the primate line related to modern human beings advanced through biological levels?

<p>Natural mutation, normal variations, and natural selection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During the Eocene, one of the tarsier species became the ancestors of all types of ______.

<p>monkeys</p> Signup and view all the answers

Most tarsier population eventually died out, leaving modern survivors only in ______.

<p>Indonesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

The most complex nervous system which evolved during the Eocene and Oligocene periods was in the line evolving toward ______.

<p>monkeys</p> Signup and view all the answers

One primate called Propliopithecus is thought to have been midway between Eocene tarsiers and a latter ______ level.

<p>anthropoid</p> Signup and view all the answers

During the Miocene era, these bigger primates lived in many parts of ______, Asia, and Africa.

<p>Europe</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Sivapithecus had ______ teeth pattern.

<p>human-like</p> Signup and view all the answers

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