Question 2 of 21

What was the first hominin species to be found outside Africa?

... Homo erectus was found in Indonesia in 1891.

Question 3 of 21

Who was the ancient fossil 'Lucy' named after?

... Scientists listened to a Beatles tape with the song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' during the dig.

Question 4 of 21

The existence of which one of these is a scientific fact?

... The fact that fossils exist is observable and proven by their presence.

Question 5 of 21

In what state is the Creation Museum located?

... The Creation Museum is in Petersburg

Question 6 of 21

What is the nickname of the first hominin fossil found in Africa?

... The Taung Child was found in South Africa in 1924.

Question 7 of 21

About how much DNA do some modern humans have in common with Neanderthals?

... Researchers discovered that one to four percent of the genomes from modern European and Asian samples could be traced to Neanderthals.

Question 8 of 21

What were the oldest known tools used for?

... Homo habilis first used tools to strip meat and extract marrow from animal bones.

Question 9 of 21

What was John Scopes charged with during the famous Monkey Trial?

... John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution.

Question 10 of 21

What kind of fossil is evidence of the oldest known life form?

... Princeton University scientists found fossils for sponge-like ocean creatures that are 650 million years old.

Question 11 of 21

What author may have been involved in the 'Piltdown Man' Hoax?

... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may have perpetrated the fraud in retaliation against the scientific community, which dismissed his work in spiritualism.

Question 12 of 21

Which contemporary of Charles Darwin developed very similar ideas to his?

... Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin separately developed strikingly similar ideas about evolution.

Question 13 of 21

What were Neanderthals named after?

... Neanderthals were named after the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, where their fossils were first recognized as hominins.

Question 14 of 21

Which scientist modified data to make it comform to his hypothesis?

... Ernst Haekel fudged some data to support 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.'

Question 15 of 21

What new conclusion arose from the Neanderthal Genome Project, contradicting an earlier assumption?

... Shared DNA suggests that Neanderthals and non-African humans interbred.

Question 16 of 21

What was a significant, more human-like change found in the species Homo erectus?

... The nostrils of Homo erectus pointed down as do human nostrils today.

Question 17 of 21

How did the Taung Child most likely die?

... Beak and claw marks on the skull of the Taung Child indicate an eagle attack.

Question 18 of 21

What two famous fossils were found in the same region in Ethiopia more than 30 years apart?

... Both Lucy (in 1974) and Ardi (in 2009) were found in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia.

Question 19 of 21

What physical trait was surprising about the oldest hominin species discovered

... Ancient fossils indicate the species had opposable thumbs.

Question 20 of 21

How did researchers know that Taung Child walked upright?

... Examination of the fossil revealed that the skull hole connecting the spine to the brain is situated so the skull sits upright on the neck.

Question 21 of 21

Which hominin species buried their dead?

... Neanderthals buried their dead and occassionally decorated the graves.

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