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Paleontology Jeopardy Primates Hominids Paleontology Potpourri $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 FINAL JEOPARDY

Primates: $100 • The characteristic of primates that gives them good depth perception

And the Question Is… • What is Binocular (or 3 D) vision?

Primates: $200 An adaptation that allows all primates to use their hands to grasp objects

And the Question Is… • What is an opposable thumb?

Primates: $300 Baboons are an example of this primate group that have nonfunctioning tails

And the Question Is… • What is an old world monkey?

Primates: $400 DNA evidence shows that humans’ closest living relative is this

And the Question Is… • What is the Chimpanzee?

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Primates: $500 The most distant relatives to humans within the primate family.

And the Question Is… • What is the prosimians?

Hominids: $100 • Nickname for Australopithecus afarensis

And the Question Is… • What is Lucy?

Hominids: $200 • All hominids share this one important adaptation

And the Question Is… • What is bipedalism?

Hominids: $300 The first hominids lived on this continent

And the Question Is… • What is Africa?

Hominids: $400 • TWO things that make Homo sapiens more advanced than other hominids

And the Question Is… • What is a larger brain, culture, or language

Hominids: $500 • A group of hominids that were the first of our genus and were also nicknamed “handyman”

And the Question Is… • What is Homo habilis?

Paleontology: $100 • Where the supra-orbital ridge is located

And the Question Is… • What is above the eyes?

Paleontology: $200 • Why hominids probably lost their fur

And the Question Is… • To release body heat by sweating

Paleontology: $300 • The Mohawk-like bone on the top of some hominid skulls

And the Question Is… • What is the sagittal crest?

Paleontology: $400 • The technical term for a muzzle or snout

And the Question Is… • What is prognathism?

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Paleontology: $500 • The Geologic, Climate and Habitat change that lead to bipedalism.

And the Question Is… • What is the Great Rift Valley in East Africa (geologic change)? • What is the drying our of East Africa (climate change)? • What is the formation of savanna in East Africa (habitat change)? •

Potpourri: $100 • This made bipedalism an advantage

And the Question Is… • What is being able to use hands for different tasks?

Potpourri: $200 • The reason why hominids do not have an opposable toe

And the Question Is… • What is to help keep balance while walking upright?

Potpourri: $300 • 5 -6 Million Years Ago

And the Question Is… • What is when humans and chimps shared a common ancestor?

Potpourri: $400 • 100, 000 years old

And the Question Is… • What is the date of the oldest Homo sapien fossil?

Potpourri: $500 • The first hominid species to leave Africa

And the Question Is… • What is Homo erectus?

FINAL JEOPARDY • CATEGORY: Misconceptions about Human Evolution

FINAL JEOPARDY • Why is the idea of finding a “missing link” between humans and monkeys not correct?