Homo habilis was named handyman because

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1. Homo erectus is presumed to be the first human to leave Africa. True or False

2. Homo florensiensis was on average __ which is believed to be a result of __.
A) 3.5 feet tall / island dwarfing
B) very strong / the need to kill large prey
C) the largest hominid ever found / a very rich environment
D) 6 feet tall / the need to walk long distances

3) Homo habilis was named "handyman" because
A) presumed association with stone tools
B) a more derived hand structure than early species
C) there is evidence that they lived in the trees
D) their hands were extremely large relative to their body size

4) Of the fossil forms listed, which is earliest and likely ancestor to all the others?
A) Homo neaderthalensis
B) Homo heidelbergensis
C) Homo ergaster
D) Homo antecessor

5) Of the species listed below, which is the earliest member of the genus Homo?
A) H. ergaster
B) H. erectus
C) H. florensiensis
D) H. habilis
E) H. neandertalensis

6) Early species attributed to the genus Homo have contrasting dental adaptations. Homo habilis more closely resembles the __, while Homo erectus shares the greatest similarities with __.
A) australopithecines / modern humans and hominoids
B) the smallest hominoids / the largest hominoids
C) hominoids / modern humans
D) hominins / the living apes

7) Early fossil Homo is marked by a very __ skeleton, and this pattern __ that of later archaic Homo sapiens.
A) robustly built / is shared with
B) well designed / differs from
C) sturdy / does not resemble
D) gracile / is identical to that of

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