Evolutionary Biology Introduction to Paleoanthropology: Bones, stones, and tools by David Warmflash, MD, Nathan H Lents, Ph.D. Reading Quiz Teach with this Victorian paleoanthropologists theorized that ancient human species evolved _____ as the first step in becoming a modern human. fire-making skills walking upright a full-sized brain language Charles Darwin proposed that humans and apes descended from a common ancestor in his publication _____. Autobiography of Charles Darwin The Descent of Man On the Origin of Species The Voyage of the Beagle 19th century paleoanthropologists believed _____ is where modern humans took their shape. Africa America Asia Europe Confirmation bias is an error where only evidence that confirms a theory is believed and contradicting evidence is ignored. true false We now understand that the ancestral human family tree _____. is highly branched is unknowable is simple and clearly leads to Homo sapiens progresses in a linear fashion Which trait did Louis Leakey believe was key to distinguish a species’ emerging humanity? An opposable thumb Tool making A brain slightly larger than that of a chimpanzee Upright walking Lucy, a specimen of A. afarensis, was an important find because it had _____. walked on its knuckles like an ape an extremely large brain a locking knee joint lived at the same time as H. erectus The "Taung child" discovery was proven to be a hoax. false true Score Quiz