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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (XIV - 34).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special talent do woodpeckers have?
(a) Flying the fastest.
(b) Gathering honey.
(c) Digging grubs from tree trunks.
(d) Cracking bones.

2. What language is the word "Sapien"?
(a) Latin.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

3. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?
(a) They were stronger.
(b) They had a superpower.
(c) They were faster.
(d) They did not need as much food.

4. Which of these is a "memory from millions of years ago" (4)?
(a) Wanting to steal your neighbor's lunch.
(b) Waking up in the night, frightened of a monster under the bed.
(c) Dreaming of riding dinosaurs into the lake.
(d) Eating a giraffe.

5. How would ancient humans have first gotten meat to eat?
(a) They waited until the lions and hyenas were done and ate the scraps.
(b) They set fire to bushes and ate any animals killed by the fire.
(c) They built complicated traps that their prey fell into.
(d) They hunted from the backs of horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?

2. How long does the process of evolution take?

3. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?

4. Where is Flores Island?

5. Why did Floresians evolve to be smaller?

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