Our Sense That the World Is Shrinking, Termed Time-Space Compression

question 14

Multiple Choice

Our sense that the world is shrinking, termed time-space compression, is affected in part by which of the following emerging global phenomena?

• A) hybrid cars
• B) the Internet
• C) common currencies
• D) space travel

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Definitions:

Hominoids

A group of primates that includes all apes and humans, characterized by their lack of a tail and more complex brains.

Toumai

A nickname for Sahelanthropus tchadensis, one of the oldest known species in the human lineage, discovered in Chad, Africa dating to about 7 million years ago.

Orrorin

An early hominin genus dating back to about 6 million years ago, speculated to be among the first bipedal primates.

Ardipithecus

One of the earliest genera of bipeds that lived in eastern Africa. Ardipithecus is actually divided into two species, the older of which dates to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago, and the younger, A. ramidus, dated to around 4.4 million years ago.