Name:_______________________________________
Mythology
Date: ________
AFRICAN MYTH WORKSHEET #1: DIOP
1. Egypt is a political identity. What was this ancient region, before it became Egypt, called? __________________________________
2. Melanin describes
a. DNA b. skin pigment (color) c. embalming used in mummification process
3. Diop proposes that
a. all human life began in Africa b. all languages stem from ancient Egyptian c. Both A and B d. None of the choices
4. In the monogenetic view, how did humans evolve into looking so differently?
a. disease, war and natural causes in specific areas caused certain traits to be extinguished and other traits to be favored b. Spontaneous, random genetic mutations occured c. The climate affected individual development
5. According to the polygenetic view, how did humans end up looking so differently?
| a. disease, war and natural causes in specific areas caused certain traits to be extinguished and other traits to be favored | b. They developed from separate, distinct, different origins | c. The climate affected individual development |
6. Circle the 2 reasons Diop gives explaining why he believes that the polygenetic view can't be true.
| a. Fossils of early humans have only been found in Africa | b. Nature has no record of creating the same genus-species twice | c. All people have the same DNA, so that proves a single origin |