Human Evolution Theory
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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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Pliocene</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</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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