Human Genetics, 10th Edition, (Lewis)

1.

Distinguish between hominoids and hominins.

2.

Explain why more than one species of Australopithecus coexisted.

3.

Distinguish between Australopithecus and Homo.

4.

Explain what genome sequencing has revealed about the ancestry of Neanderthals and us.

5.

Explain how DNA information can be used to shed light on evolution.

6.

List genes that were important in our evolution.

7.

Explain how chromosome banding patterns and protein sequences reveal evolutionary trends.

8.

Explain what mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome sequences reveal about human ancestry.

9.

Explain what mitochondrial Eve represents.

10.

Describe how people expanded out of Africa and then Eurasia, populating the world.