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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (XIV - 34).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?
(a) A burial site.
(b) An ancient finger bone.
(c) A collection of ivory beads.
(d) A painting of a buffalo.

2. What are archaeologists?
(a) People who study spiders.
(b) Powerful sky wizards.
(c) Scientists who dig up clues to the past.
(d) An ancient kind of human.

3. How long does the process of evolution take?
(a) A few centuries.
(b) Billions of years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) Thousands of years.

4. What development allowed human brains to grow?
(a) Learning to fish.
(b) Discovering the wheel.
(c) Studying math.
(d) Cooking their food.

5. What language is the word "Sapien"?
(a) Latin.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might human ancestors have cracked open a bone?

2. As human brains grew, what shrunk?

3. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?

4. Which fox is the most successful hunter?

5. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?

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