ANTHRO MID TERM 51 - 75 Part 3
Recent finds in Africa date Homo sapiens to about __________ years ago
160,000
By about __________ B.C., archaeologists had found most of the major characteristics of civilizations.
3500
Cities first appeared in the Near East about __________.
3500 B.C.E.
The first clear indication of a changeover to food production took place in the Near East about _____ B.C.E.
8,000
Who are the Denisovans?
A recently discovered hominin species
Which of these innovations appeared during the Upper Paleolithic
Art
Most archaeologists believe that the __________ was one of the earliest centers of plant and animal domestication
Fertile Crescent
The Middle Paleolithic period in Africa is called the
Middle Stone Age
Lower Stone Age settlements in ____ were contemporary with the Upper Paleolithic cultures in Europe and North America
Africa
The earliest known modern-looking humans found so far lived in
Africa
In the Near East, dogs seem to have been domesticated
Before the rise of agriculture
Which of these is the earliest evidence of art
Carvings
Most of the remains that have been excavated from Upper Paleolithic sites have been found in
Caves and rock shelters
The first form of writing found in Sumer and dating to around 3000 B.C.E. is known as
Cuneiform
The earliest Neolithic societies were
Egalitarian
What is the currently accepted scientific name of Neandertals
Homo neandertalensis
Only ___________ fossils have been found in North and South America
Homo sapiens
Toward the end of the Upper Paleolithic period, people got most of their food from __________.
Hunting
Why do we still not know when human language emerged
It is a difficult topic to explore archaeologically
Toward the end of the Acheulian period, a technique was developed that enabled toolmakers to produce flake tools of a predetermined size. This was called the _____ method
Levalloisian
The wild grass teosinte led to today's domesticated
Maize
What do Neandertal skeletons tell researchers about their levels of activity
Neandertals made strenuous use of their bodies
Where were bananas first domesticated?
New Guinea
Why did the Upper Paleolithic cultures rely on hunting for food?
There were vast supplies of meat available
Among archaic peoples of Mesoamerica, __________ were located near seasonally abundant resources.
macrobands
