Cave Man Quiz

Circle T for True or F for False

1.  T  F   In 1908, a Neanderthal was found buried in (as in wearing) a suit of chain-mail
               armor.

2.  T  F   Less than 100 years ago scientists found a (living) person who possessed  
               virtually every feature of a Neanderthal.

3.  T  F   Nebraska Man was once used to demonstrate that mankind evolved from
               apes.

4.  T  F   For over forty years, Piltdown Man was used to demonstrate that mankind  
               evolved from apes.

5.  T  F   Piltdown Man was a deliberate hoax that fooled over 500 anthropologists.

6.  T  F   The evidence for Nebraska Man was a single tooth which turned out to be       
               a pig's tooth.

7.   The famous Laetoli footprints are often reported to the public as those made by        
      Lucy.  What is the scientific name of this creature? ____________  __________

8.   The Laetoli footprints were probably made by _________ because they looked     
      exactly like ________ footprints.

9.   Why don’t scientists want to acknowledge # 8 above.
       _____________________________________________________________

Bonus Questions

1.  List the three so-called “ape-men” which were used in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925
     to demonstrate to the public that man evolved from apes.

      A. __________________________

      B. __________________________

      C. __________________________

2.   What type of extant (i.e. living) monkey is able to walk upright ? ___________________

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