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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) Europe and West Africa.
(b) Europe and West Asia.
(c) North America and South America.
(d) Asia and Eastern Europe.

2. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?
(a) 6 million years ago.
(b) 30 million years ago.
(c) 9 million years ago.
(d) 2 million years ago.

3. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?
(a) Between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago.
(b) Between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.
(c) Between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(d) Between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago.

4. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 12 million years ago.
(c) 2 million years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

5. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are able to produce fertile offspring.
(b) They share the same DNA traits.
(c) They are physically able to mate.
(d) They are able to communicate with one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

2. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?

3. Biologists classify organisms into what?

4. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?

5. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

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