Phytoplankton are important because they (select all that apply):
a. produce antibiotics.
b. produce oxygen.
c. sit at the base of terrestrial food chains.
d. sit at the base of aquatic food chains.
e. fight viruses.
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Human beings appear to have evolved into their present anatomical form in _______.
Were modern human beings the first hominin species to reach Europe and Asia?
The “Hobbit” people, Homo floresiensis, are thought to have survived until as recently as _______ years ago on an island that is part of present-day _______.
The two most important features in distinguishing hominins from apes are _______ walking and _______ structure.
The “Lucy” hominin was like modern human beings in that she was _______. but unlike them with respect to _______ size.
Lucy shows us that hominin features evolved in a _______ pattern, which is to say that different features evolved at different points in time and in different species.
The taxonomic group of human-like primates, the hominins, is thought to have originated between _______ years ago with a common primate ancestor who gave rise to both the hominin and _______ evolutionary lines.
Compared to other hominins, are we Homo sapiens regarded as an early evolving or late-evolving species?
All early and mid-period hominin evolution is believed to have taken place on the _______ continent.
A common misconception in society is that scientists are hunting for a “missing link” that falls in an evolutionary line between human beings and apes. Why does our current knowledge of human evolution make the concept of a missing link meaningless?
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