BrainMass Quizzes Where do humans come from? This quiz helps identify human origins. 1 Which theory of Gregory Mendel's (1822-1884) contributes to explaining evolution? Mendel’s First Principle of Inheritance Principles of Segregation Both 2 True or false. Natural Selection is the reproductive success among individual organisms. True False 3 Which scientist stated that "natural selection is a most convincing scientific explanation of the variety and history of life on earth"? Gregor Mendel Charles Darwin Herbert Spencer 4 True or False. Carl (Carroll) Linnaeus (1707-1778) created taxonomy, that is, the assignment of organisms into categories. True False 5 True or False. Phylogeny – genetic relatedness based on common ancestry and Hominidae (Hominids) – is the super-family containing humans and apes. True False 6 Identify the discovery which pinpoints the link between humans and apes. Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, a partial skeleton discovered in 1974 and a second find 1975 (White and Johanson, 1989). Laetoli, 1978 finds fossilized footprints embedded in the volcanic ash dating 3.5 m.y.a. This evidence reveals that two maybe three hominid individuals walking provide conclusive evidence of locomotion and stature (Leakey and Hay, 1979). Both 7 Identify an evolutionary change from Lucy, A. Australopithecus to H. sapiens. Bipedalism Changes in the cranium Changes in dental pattern Opposable thumbs all of the above 8 Lucy and the Laeotil footprints were found at what geographical location? Kenya Great Rift Both 9 Who coined the term "Survival of the fittest"? Herbert Spencer Charles Darwin 10 Are these species in the correct order of development (evolution)? Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalis, archaic Homo sapiens. Yes No Submit Quiz
