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The shift from nomadic life to settled agriculture began around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →In West Asia the earliest crops grown were wheat, barley, peas and:Read the answer and worked solution →The first human-like creatures appeared on earth about how many million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Modern humans resembling us originated about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The famous skull found by quarrymen in August 1856 came from which valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published on 24 November of which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Primates, the category of mammals including apes and humans, emerged about how many million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Walking on two feet is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest hominid fossils, of the genus Australopithecus, were found in:Read the answer and worked solution →The name Australopithecus combines Latin austral, southern, with Greek pithekos, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Mary and Louis Leakey worked for over 40 years at which East African site?Read the answer and worked solution →Fossilised hominid footprints giving evidence of bipedalism 3.6 mya were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Around how many million years ago did an Ice Age expand grasslands and favour the genus Homo?Read the answer and worked solution →Homo habilis means:Read the answer and worked solution →Fossils of Homo habilis were found at Olduvai Gorge and at Omo in:Read the answer and worked solution →Modjokerto and Sangiran, sites of Homo erectus fossils, are in:Read the answer and worked solution →Fossils named Homo heidelbergensis take their name from a city in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Neanderthals occupied Europe and western and Central Asia from roughly 130,000 to:Read the answer and worked solution →The model holding that modern humans arose in a single region, Africa, and replaced older forms is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest clear evidence for planned hunting of large mammals, 500,000 years ago, comes from Boxgrove in:Read the answer and worked solution →Thousands of flake tools and hand axes dated 700,000 to 500,000 years ago were found at Kilombe and Olorgesailie in:Read the answer and worked solution →Dolni Vestonice, a site of planned hunting near a river, is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Homo speciesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the African fossil sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the discovery datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the early human wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Australopithecus or HomoRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the food waysRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Early humans bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The shift from nomadic life to settled agriculture began around how many years ago?

  1. 10,000
  2. 5,000
  3. 100,000
  4. 1,000
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Correct answer: A. 10,000

1. People had first gathered plant produce. 2. Agriculture began about 10,000 years ago. 3. Ploughs and carts came about 5,000 years ago. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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In West Asia the earliest crops grown were wheat, barley, peas and:

  1. Maize
  2. Pulses
  3. Millet
  4. Rice
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Correct answer: B. Pulses

1. Millet and rice grew easily in East and Southeast Asia. 2. West Asia grew pulses too. 3. Millet was also grown in Africa. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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The first human-like creatures appeared on earth about how many million years ago?

  1. 5.6
  2. 1.8
  3. 36
  4. 24
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Correct answer: A. 5.6

1. Written as 5.6 mya. 2. The first hominids date to 5.6 million years ago. 3. Several forms then emerged and became extinct. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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