READING: Chapters 6, 7, and 8.

Topics you should know and understand for Quiz #6 (not necessarily a complete list)

1) DEFINITIONS: prokaryotes; eukaryotes; protista (protoctista); organelles; mitochondria; chloroplasts; chordates; Cambrian Explosion; prosimians; anthropoids; lemurs; tarsiers; homonoids; homonids; pongidae; Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy's species); Australopithecus bosei; Australopithecus robustus; Homo sapiens; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo erectus; Homo habilis; Homo floresiensis; delphinadae; cetacea; bronze.

3) OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW: the names and order of the seven main levels of biological classification; the five kingdoms of life; the full biological classification of homo sapiens; the major events in the history of the Earth (as given in the tables on page 87 and 88 in the textbook); the evidence for the dinosaur extinction being due to a meteorite impact; the level of relation between humans and dolphins; evidence for dolphin intelligence; the mirror test of self-awareness; what repeated evolution is; the basic structure of the primate family tree; The basic physical structures of the species in the Homo genus and Australopithecus genus and their possible evolutionary relationships; the arguments for and against Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis being the same species; approximate dates for various cultural/technological advances on Earth (agriculture, bronze use, iron use, invention of the wheel, written language, printing press, radio, computer); Which of these advances happened independently in different parts of the world; the current human population; the expected human population by 2050.