1. Which Order of mammals do humans belong to? Carnivora Primates Ceboidea Hominidae

2. Fossils of Australopithecus are believed to be ancestors of modern humans. In which part of the world were they found? Australia Europe Asia Africa

3. Which of these fossil species is the oldest? Australopithecus robustus Homo erectus Homo habilis Australopithecus afarensis

4. Which of these animals is classified as being most closely related to humans? leaf monkey orang-utan baboon lemur

5. Which of these is a way in which the early fossil skulls of Homo sapiens differ from the skulls of Homo habilis? Homo sapiens has a less sloping forehead. Homo sapiens has more pronounced brow ridges. Homo sapiens has a more protruding lower jaw. Homo sapiens has a smaller chin.

6. Homo erectus may have evolved from Homo habilis. Which of these represents an important behavioural advance in Homo erectus, compared to Homo habilis? Building shelters to live in Ability to walk on two legs Use of fire for heating and cooking Using tools (such as sharpened flints) for cutting meat

7. Different types of tools were used by different species of Homo, and palaeontologists give these tools different names. Which of these types of tool is the oldest? Oldowan Mousterian Acheulian Microlith

8. How old are the rocks in which the species Homo sapiens first appears in the fossil record? About 400 000 years old About 4 million years old About 40 000 years old About 40 million years old

9. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development of a region in the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence that Homo habilis did what - ? used language had an opposable thumb walked on two legs lived in trees

10. Which of these lines of evidence can help to show an evolutionary relationship between humans and other primates? Immunological studies Amino acid sequencing DNA hybridisation All of these