Starting with the Work of Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin Based

question 7

Multiple Choice

Starting with the work of Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin based his theory of human origins on which set of observations?

• A) There was an excellent fossil record of human evolution from which Huxley and Darwin concluded that humans had a close evolutionary relationship with the African apes.
• B) Humans are bipedal while other apes are not, humans have larger canines than other apes, humans are tool users, and humans have larger brains.
• C) Humans are bipedal while other apes are not; humans have smaller canines than chimps, gorillas, or orangs; humans are tool users; and humans have larger brains.
• D) Since the fossil record known at the time linked humans and orangs, both Huxley and Darwin assumed humans evolved in Asia.

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Definitions:

Anthocerophyta

Anthocerophyta is a phylum consisting of hornworts, a group of non-vascular plants that are characterized by their horn-like sporophytes and a simple, thalloid gametophyte.

Club Mosses

Ancient group of non-flowering plants with a vascular system, resembling mosses but genetically closer to ferns.

Lycopodiophyta

A division of vascular plants, also known as clubmosses, that are characterized by their leafy stems and cone-like structures.

Pteridophyta

Pteridophyta refers to a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and do not produce flowers or seeds, commonly known as ferns.