Question

Skulls can reveal many things about our hominid ancestors. What aspect of hominids is not related to skull anatomy?

A. What they ate.
B. Their hair and skin color.
C. Whether they stood upright.
D. The shape and size of their brain.

Answer 1

The answer is B.

Choice A is wrong because what they ate is how the skull is shaped and how the skull uses itself to find and eat food.

Choice C is wrong because it went over that in the Gizmos activity

Choice D is wrong because their brain was in their skull to help shape how the skull looked like.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - B. Their hair and skin color.

The hair and skin color of the hominids is not related to the shape and size, or rather the anatomy of the skull. The development of hair and skin color is actually dependent on the surrounding environment, since it can be used for camouflage, for protection of cold, or protection of the sun, but it has nothing to do with the bone structure of the skull.

The anatomy of the skull is defined by the eating habits, the way of motion, the size and the shape of the brain.