When Did Our Brains Get Big?

Question 1

Early hominins had large brains compared to chimpanzees.

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Selected
True
False
Question 2

The last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans lived about:

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6 to 8 million years ago

4.4 million years ago

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10 million years ago

Question 3

Brain size increase is associated with:

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Selected

Climatic variability

Climatic stability

Question 4

Meat was an important food that is related to brain size increase. 

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True
False
Question 5

Ardipithecus had a brain that was larger than a chimpanzee brain. 

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Selected
True
False
Question 6

Which of the following hominins was the first to leave Africa?

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Late Homo

Australopithecus

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Homo erectus