Name Class Date. 1. What group of mammals do apes, monkeys, lemurs, and humans belong to? a. primates b. cold-blooded c. hominid d.

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1 Skills Worksheet Directed Reading B Section: Humans and Other Primates PRIMATES 1. What group of mammals do apes, monkeys, lemurs, and humans belong to? a. primates b. cold-blooded c. hominid d. primitive The First Primates 2. When did the first primates live? a. when dinosaurs lived b. after dinosaurs died out c. before dinosaurs lived d. at the beginning of Earth 3. What is the same about all primate eyes? a. They see in three dimensions. b. They are on the side. c. They don t have eyelids. d. They don t have eyelashes. 4. What is the same about all primate hands? a. They have an opposable thumb. b. They have three fingers. c. They have claws. d. They are bigger than feet. Holt Science and Technology 20 The History of Life on Earth

2 Apes and Chimpanzees 5. What might chimpanzees and humans share? a. the same ancestor b. the same size of teeth c. the same type of fur d. the same way of walking Hominids 6. What is one difference between hominids and other primates? a. Other primates don t have fingers. b. Other primates don t have eyes. c. Other primates don t walk upright. d. Other primates don t share an ancestor. HOMINIDS THROUGH TIME 7. When is a fossil classified as a hominid? a. when it is like a human b. when it is like a primate c. when it has opposable thumbs d. when it is a plant-eater The Earliest Hominids Read the description. Then, draw a line from the dot next to each description to the matching word. 8. the organisms that the earliest hominids were most like 9. the place where the earliest hominid were found a. Africa b. humans Holt Science and Technology 21 The History of Life on Earth

3 Australopithecines 10. What is one way australopithecines were different from apes? a. They may have used tools. b. They had hair. c. They had thumbs. d. Their eyes were in front. A Variety of Early Hominids 11. What is one way later hominids were different from australopithecines? a. They were vegetarians. b. They had massive teeth. c. They lived in forests. d. They built tree houses. Global Hominids Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Homo erectus Homo habilis 12. A hominid that lived two million years ago was. 13. A hominid that could grow as tall as modern humans do was. Holt Science and Technology 22 The History of Life on Earth

4 RECENT HOMINIDS 14. What two types of hominids lived together 30,000 years ago? a. Neanderthals, Homo sapiens b. australopithecines, others c. Homo habilis, Homo erectus d. monkeys, lemurs Neanderthals 15. What is one thing Neanderthals did that most humans do today? a. rode horses b. ate tough plants c. buried their dead d. built temples 16. What happened to the Neanderthals? a. They disappeared. b. They are still alive. c. They moved to Australia. d. They moved to North America. Early and Modern Humans 17. How were Homo sapiens faces different from Neanderthals faces? a. smaller and flatter b. more square c. bigger and hairier d. long and narrow Holt Science and Technology 23 The History of Life on Earth

5 18. What is the only group of hominids still existing? a. australopithecines b. Homo erectus c. Neanderthals d. Homo sapiens 19. What was Homo sapiens the first hominid to make? a. houses and fires b. hunting knives and spears c. art d. simple tools Drawing the Hominid Family Tree 20. Why do scientists keep adding details to their ideas about hominids? a. More fossils are found. b. Bushes are discovered. c. More fossils break.. d. More trees are found. Holt Science and Technology 24 The History of Life on Earth