Matching III. Choose the one most appropriate
answer for each.
1. ___ Australopithecus
2. ___ Homo erectus
3. ___ Homo sapiens
4. ___ Neandertals
A. lived from approximately 200,000 to
30,000 years ago; stocky body adapted to
colder climates
B. lived about 1.9 million years ago until
53,000 years ago ; bipedal
C. lived about 30 million years ago near
Fayum
D. modern humans since 195,000 years ago
E. Lucy; lived about 3.2 million years ago
Question 2Matching II. Choose the one most appropriate
answer for each.
1. ___ anthropoids
2. ___ australopith
3. ___ hominids
4. ___ hominoids
5. ___ Miocene
6. ___ Neandertals
7. ___ primates
8. ___ Pliocene
A. a group that includes apes and humans
B. a population of Homo spp. that lived from
at least 100,000 to as recently as 30,000
years ago; tool users and artisans
C. the order that includes animals with freely
swiveling limbs, mobile grasping digits,
upright body posture, good depth
perception, and exquisite neural control
D. organisms in a group that includes New
World and Old World monkeys, apes, and
humans
E. an era that began 65 to 63 million years
ago; characterized by the evolution of
birds, mammals, and flowering plants
F. an epoch of the Cenozoic lasting from 23.8
million to 5.3 million years ago;
characterized by the appearance of
primitive apes, whales, and grazing
animals
G. an epoch of the Cenozoic lasting from 5.3
million to 1.8 million years ago;
characterized by the appearance of
distinctly modern plants and animals
H. bipedal organisms from about 3.2 to 2.3
million years ago, with essentially human
bodies and ape-shaped heads; Southern
Apes
I. a group including humans and human-like
species
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