QCM : Human Evolution and Migration — 8 questions

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Homo habilis is best known as one of the first human species to make and use simple stone tools, living approximately 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago, marking a significant technological advancement in human evolution.

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Homo habilis is called the 'handy man' because it is the first known species to make and use simple tools, marking an important step in human evolution. Homo erectus, on the other hand, developed more complex tools and mastered fire.

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Homo habilis lived approximately 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago, making this the correct answer. The other options correspond to different species or time periods: Australopithecus (3-4 million years ago), Homo erectus (around 1.9 million to 110,000 years ago), and a time frame less than 1 million years ago, which does not match Homo habilis's timeline.

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The divergence between chimpanzee ancestors and human ancestors occurred roughly 7 to 13 million years ago, marking the beginning of separate evolutionary paths.

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Homo erectus is known for mastering fire and developing more advanced tools, which helped it survive in new environments and migrate out of Africa.

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Australopithecus was bipedal and partly arboreal, but it did not use fire or create tools like later species; it had a smaller brain compared to Homo habilis.

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Homo sapiens are believed to have first evolved roughly 300,000 years ago in Africa, and later spread across the world.

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Climate change and savannah expansion likely promoted bipedalism as early hominids adapted to terrestrial locomotion and energy-efficient movement across open landscapes.