Anthro 102

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

African Woodlands

Fossil remains of Homo heidelbergensis:

Are found mainly in Europe and African

Fossil evidence for the earliest members of the genus Homo has been found starting:

Around 2.5 ma

The average brain size of H. erectus was:

Around 850cc

With the advent of agriculture, human skeletons have:

Become less robust, with thinner bones, smaller jaws and crowded teeth

Among living nonhuman primates, which is Homo sapiens' closest relative?

Chimpanzee

The majority of Neanderthal fossils have been found in:

Europe and middle east

Heavy wear on Neandertals' incisor teeth has led some scientists to conclude that Neandertals used their front teeth:

For gripping materials

In which of the following species would you expect to find a large projecting canine tooth with a sharp edge on its back?

Gorillas

The Asian paleoanthropological record is unique in that

H. erectus existed later in Asia than in Africa and Europe

Comparison of DNA from fossil species, like Neanderthals, and living H. sapiens suggests:

H. sapiens evolved in Africa, but occasionally interbred with archaic forms of humans (like Neanderthals) when they encountered them

Researchers arguing for "The "Human Revolution" believe:

H. sapiens was behaviorally primitive until about 50,000 years ago

The first hominin to migrate out of Africa was:

Homo erectus

Burial of the dead is first seen in:

Homo neanderthalensis

The Acheulean (or Acheulian) stone tool industry is characterized by:

Large bifacial cutting tools, such as handaxes and cleavers

Which of the following would NOT be part of an Oldowan toolkit?

Many long, sharp blades

Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools, usually associated with Neandertals, are called the:

Mousterian or Middle Paleolithic

One of the major themes of Your Inner Fish is that humans show features that link them to the rest of life on earth. That features of the human body reflect our descent from many or-ganisms that appeared earlier in time. Example(s) given include:

Multicellular bodies, that appeared in invertebrates that arose in ancient oceans; Skulls and backbones, that appeared in early fish; Four limbs, that developed in lobe-finned fish; The organ of hearing developing from cells in fish that determined water current direction

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Neandertal brains were notably smaller than those of modern humans.

Which hominin has the largest molar teeth?

Paranthropus boisei

Anatomically modern human fossils and Neanderthal fossils in the Middle East are significant because:

They demonstrate that the boundary between a northern Neanderthal population and a southern H. sapiens population ran through the Middle East.

True or false: Infectious disease was the primary killer of people prior to 1900 AD.

True

True or false: Infectious diseases can be transmitted (jump) from animals to humans

True

Each of the following traits is found in a bipedal hominin EXCEPT:

a foramen magnum far back on the skull.

The discovery of late Neanderthals of the Chatelperronian culture making a tool kit with stone blades, producing jewelry, and constructing huts with elephant tusks sug-gests:

the Neanderthals borrowed some cultural traits from modern human groups

Homo erectus skulls:

are long, low and wide at the base; have thick bones; have large browridges

The earliest australopithecines first show up in the fossil record more than:

4 mya

Relative to Australopithecus, Homo habilis is characterized by:

A smaller face, a smaller brain, a more rounded skull

The genus Australopithecus went extinct in East Africa about:

2.5 mya

The earliest fossil evidence of Homo erectus outside of Africa dates to about:

1.8 million years ago

Analyses of fossils and modern human genetic variation suggest that Homo sapiens evolved approximately:

150-200,000 yBP

The great human population increase of the Holocene was probably due to:

agricultural practices leading to an increase in food resources that supported population growth

Relative to earlier hominins, Homo erectus is marked by:

an increase in body size