- 1. Which continent is believed to be the origin location of Homo habilis?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) North America
D) Europe
- 2. Homo habilis lived approximately how many million years ago?
A) 500,000 years
B) 10 million years
C) 2.4 million years
D) 5 million years
- 3. What is the primary form of locomotion thought to have been used by Homo habilis?
A) Bipedalism
B) Climbing
C) Quadrupedalism
D) Swimming
- 4. Homo habilis is known as 'handy man' mainly because of their skill in making what?
A) Wooden tools
B) Stone tools
C) Bone tools
D) Metal tools
- 5. Compared to earlier hominins, Homo habilis showed an increase in which of the following?
A) Brain size
B) Body size
C) Jaw size
D) Number of fingers
- 6. Where were the first fossils of Homo habilis discovered?
A) China
B) Tanzania
C) Australia
D) South America
- 7. Which species is considered a possible ancestor to Homo habilis?
A) Gorilla
B) Chimpanzee
C) Orangutan
D) Australopithecus
- 8. Which scientist is credited with the discovery and naming of Homo habilis?
A) Marie Curie
B) Louis Leakey
C) Charles Darwin
D) Stephen Hawking
- 9. Homo habilis is characterized by a combination of ape-like and human-like features, known as what?
A) Mosaic evolution
B) Divergent evolution
C) Convergent evolution
D) Parallel evolution
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