18 Questions
What is a characteristic of Australopithecus africanus based on the text?
Legs longer than arms
Which feature is associated with Homo erectus?
Large cranial capacity
What distinguishes Paranthropus robustus from Homo erectus?
Diastema for canines to interlock
Which hominid species is associated with the finding of footprints?
Australopithecus afarensis
What distinguishes Homo heidelbergensis from Homo erectus?
Diastemas for canines
What feature is characteristic of Homo sapiens based on the text?
Post-orbital expansion
What is the main difference between the Out of Africa model and the Multi-regional Continuity model of human evolution?
The Out of Africa model suggests modern humans originated from Africa, while the Multi-regional Continuity model proposes continuous interbreeding among populations worldwide.
Who proposed the Out of Africa model for human evolution?
Chris Stringer
Which researcher conducted an experiment with silver foxes to demonstrate domestication over time?
Dimitri Balyayev
What did Dimitri Balyayev's research on silver foxes conclude?
Selective breeding for less aggression results in domestication traits like smaller bodies and brains.
How did the experiment on silver foxes relate to human evolution according to the text?
It suggested that Homo sapiens sapiens have evolved through a process similar to animal domestication.
Which physical trait was NOT mentioned as a result of the domestication process in Dimitri Balyayev's research?
Larger brains
What distinguishes Neanderthals from Homo-Sapiens sapiens in terms of aggression?
Neanderthals exhibit reactive aggression while Homo-Sapiens sapiens engage in proactive aggression.
What adaptation allowed Neanderthals to survive in northern Europe?
Long and low skull structure.
What is the main trait that defines a hominin according to the text?
Brain enlargement and reorganization.
How is Homo-Sapiens sapiens' skull shape different from that of Neanderthals?
Homo-Sapiens sapiens have high and round skulls, while Neanderthals have long and low skulls.
Which group has a smaller social structure with at most 15 adults?
Neanderthals.
What characteristic is specifically mentioned as belonging to Hominid?
"All modern and extinct great apes."
Explore two contrasting models for human evolution proposed by Chris Stringer and Milford Wolpoff and John Hankis. Learn about the Out of Africa theory based on mtDNA and the Multi-regional Continuity theory emphasizing genetic interbreeding across different regions.
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