Component

Component: Option - The Human Story

Question 32

Section II Question 32 - 2001 HSC

(a) Mammalian characteristics. Skeletal differences between Homo sapiens and Australopithecus afarensis. (b) Explain how to gather radiometric data to date fossilised material and assess the information for relevance and reliability. (c) Analyse the evolutionary significance of polymorphism in humans. (d) Outline and justify the conclusions of an analysis of similarities and differences between groups of primates. (e) Justify predictions of factors affecting future human evolution.