ANTHRO the genus homo
this small-brained species hunted elephants, made tools with small blades mounted on wooden shafts, and controlled fire
Homo floresiensis
which of the following species was a miniature hominid that lived on an Indonesian island until at least 50,000 B.P.? discovered in 2004 has a cranial capacity smaller than that of a chimpanzee
Homo floresiensis
with a cranial capacity of 600 to 700 cubic centimeters which of the following species was the first tool maker and was identified as the first member of the Genus Homo
Homo habilis
both species overlapped from 1.9 m.y.a. to 1.4 m.y.a., but after that only on endured to about 0.4 m.y.a.
Homo habilis and Homo erectus Homo erectus
A discovery in 1908 of a Neanderthal skeleton turned out to be an old man with arthritis, but it gave us the popular image of the cave man who cannot walk upright. What is the name of the famous site where this Neanderthal was discovered
La Chapelle
which site in southern France is important because it yielded evidence dating to 300,000 years ago of the ability to build and establish seasonal camp site
Terra Amata
The species known as Homo habilis was first discovered and identified by which famous team of paleoanthropologists in 1960
Louis and Mary Leakey
the average cranial capacity of which of the following species exceeded that of modern humans
Neanderthal
Archaic Homo sapiens includes which of the following species
Neanderthals and the earliest members of our species
where did Tim White discover an important specimen of Homo Habilis identified as female in 1986
Olduvai
The name for the period during which human ancestors relied only on stone tools is
Paleoplithic
The earliest human ancestors appeared during the geological time period called the ____ which began about two million years ago and endured until about 11,000 years ago
Pleistocene
the species Homo erectus is associated with which of the following important archaeological sites
Zhoukoudian
how did the Acheulean toolmaking tradition get its name
a French town
what does the name homo habilis mean
able man
AMH
anatomically modern humans
How Homo erectus is like modern humans
both share a similar height and body shape
What are some physical characteristic of Neanderthals
heavy brow ridges slanting foreheads a stocy build and long, broad noses(cold climate)
what ability set apart homo habilis and Au. boisel
hunting ability
What are long warm periods between ice ages
interglacials
what are some characteristics of the oldest known hominin fossil in Europe
its from Spain its more than one million years old
H. heidelbergensis fossils found in Europe
often found in caves more than 100,000 years old
the current prevailing view among scientists is that H. erectus
split into separate groups, one ancestral to the Neanderthals and the other ancestral to anatomically modern humans
the split between ancestral Neanderthals and Denisovans happened when Neanderthals spread to the west and the Denisovans headed east
true
human ancestral species associated with the tool type known as Acheulean
Homo erectus
The name of the species associated with the skull identified as KNM-ER-1470 that has a brain size similar to Homo habilis and which may be closely related to Homo habilis or may even represent a female member of the species Homo habilis is
Homo rudolfensis
in 2010 scientists identified the Denisovan hominin group as distant cousins to
Neanderthals
what does the term Paleolithic mean
Old Stone Age
what is another term for ice ages
glacials
what physical characteristic of Homo erectus allowed it to hunt longer distances
longer legs
genetic materical indicated that descendants of the Denisovans live in Papua New Guinea and which continent
Australia
how does H. rudolfensis differ from H. habilis
H. habilis skull has a more marked brow ridge H. rudolfensis had canines facing the front of the jaw
some scientists consider them to be Homo heidelbergensis
Homo antecessor
The acheulean hand axe, associated with the species _____ represents the type of tool that requires a mental template in the mind of the maker, a significant advance in human evolution.
Homo erectus
hunting was an important cultural behavior making a significant step for a human ancestor. which ancestral species does the fossil record indicate was the earliest sophisticated hunter
Homo erectus
which human ancestral species would most likely have been the first to master fire
Homo erectus
which of the following ancestral human species had an average cranial capacity of at least 900 cm3
Homo erectus
which of the following was the reason why Eugene Dubois went to the Indonesian island of Java
to find a transitional form between apes and humans
H. antecessor may be a common ancestor of the Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans
true
the Denisovans lived in Asia from roughly 400,000 to 50,000 years ago
true
the first remains of H. antecessor dicovery date to 780,000 years ago
true
Neanderthals were resistant to change and were suspicious of outsiders, but members of which group were innovators and had regional social networks
AMHs
In addition to Europe, fossils of H. heidelbergensis have been found in which other two continents
Africa and Asia
H. erectus remains have been found at which places
Java
who made olduvai gorge in Tanzania famous by discovering the first tool maker and the first known representative of the Genus Homo
L.S.B. and Mary Leakey
the type of technology associated with Neanderthals is called
Mousterian
where was the first evidence of Neanderthals discovered in 1856
Neander Valley, Germany
brain size of Homo erectus compared with the australopithecine average
the average cranial capacity of H. erectus at about 1,000 cm3 was double the size of the australopithecines
what important information regarding homo erectus was revealed by the famous fossil find known as Nariokotome boy
the find suggested that the boy as an adult would have reached a height of six feet, approaching the height of modern humans
which of the following statements about H. antecessor are true
the species may be a common ancestor of the Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans the first remains discovered date to 780,000 years ago
what are some characteristics of H. heidelbergensis fossils found in Europe
they are often found in caves they are more than 100,000 years old
which of the following statements best describes the group that was ancestral to anatomically modern humans (AMHs)
they arrived in Europe from Africa
in which of the following ways did the Neanderthals deal with the cold environment that was caused by the Wurm glacial
they made more elaborate tools they hunted mammoths, reindeer, and woolly rhinos they wore clothes
Fossil finds at a site located at Dmanisi dating to 1.77 million years ago are significant because
they show when the first human ancestors spread out of Africa
what is the best explanation of why Homo erectus expanded out of Africa into Europe and Asia
they were following the animals they hunted for meant