Anthropology Chap 9

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Which of the following are characteristics of H. naledi?

- Curved fingers on an otherwise humanlike hand - apelike shoulders adapted to climbing - a small brain

What are some characteristics of the oldest known hominin fossil in Europe?

- It's from Spain - It's more than one million years old

Which of the following statements best describes the time period during which Homo habilis and Homo erectus overlapped?

The species overlapped between 1.9 m.y.a. and 1.4 m.y.a., but after that only Homo erectus endured to perhaps 5 m.y.a. (or 500,000 years ago)

Which of the following statements best describes the group that was ancestral to anatomically modern humans (AMHs)?

They evolved from Africa and spread from there throughout the world.

How did the Acheulean toolmaking tradition get its name?

a French town

How is Homo erectus is like modern humans?

Both share a similar height and body shape.

Which of the following sites is associated with Neandertal remains?

Chapelle-aux-Saints

Which ability of Homo erectus provided the best protection against cave predators?

Control of fire

The Neandertal-like fossils found at Sima de los Huesos cave in Spain had

Denisovan mtDNA.

What is another term for ice ages?

Galcials

In 2010 scientists identified the Denisovan hominin group as most closely related to

Neandertals

Which of the following groups stayed within a particular territory and did not engage in long-distance trade?

Neandertals

What does the term Paleolithic mean?

Old Stone Age

This human ancestral species, ______, might date as far back as 1.9 million years ago (m.y.a.) and continued to exist until about 500,000 years ago.

Homo erectus

Which of the following ancestral human species had an average cranial capacity of around 900 cm3?

Homo erectus

Archaeological evidence of intentionally made fire has been found in Israel dating back almost 800,000 B.P. and in Spain dating back 800,000 B.P. Based on these dates, which human ancestral species would most likely have been the first to master fire?

Homo erectus or Homo heidelbergensis

Why were the "underground astronauts" who excavated H. naledi remains from the Rising Star cave all young, slender women?

Only such a body type could navigate the narrow passages leading to the fossils

The genus Homo evolved just before the advent of which of the following geological epochs?

Pleistocene

The cave in Spain where Neandertal-like fossils dated to 430,000 B.P. have been found is called

Sima de los Huesos

How did scientists relate the Denisovans to other groups?

Studying their DNA

Which of the following statements best describes the earliest migration of human ancestors out of Africa?

Homo erectus was the first species to range out of Africa for hunting and gathering

The species named ______, discovered in Indonesia, had a cranial capacity smaller than that of a chimpanzee.

Homo floresiensis

Which of the following species was a miniature hominin that lived on an Indonesian island until at least 60,000 B.P.?

Homo floresiensis

The species name of the skull known as KNM-ER 1470, which may be as old at 2.4 m.y.a. and features an unusual combination of a large brain (775 cm3) and very large molars, is

Homo rudolfensis

The stone-tool technology associated with Neandertals is called

Mousterian

Where was the first evidence of Neandertals discovered in 1856?

Neander Valley, Germany

Mousterian tools include a wide variety of stone scrapers and notched tools designed to make clothing from animal hides and to be used for sawing and piercing. Which ancient hominin group made these tools?

Neandertal

The average cranial capacity of which of the following species exceeded that of modern humans?

Neandertal

The current prevailing view among scientists is that H. erectus

split into separate groups, one ancestral to the Neandertals and the other ancestral to anatomically modern humans (AMHs).

H. rudolfensis overlapped in time with which of the following hominins?

- H. erectus - H. habilis

What are some physical characteristics of Neandertals?

- Heavy brow ridges - Slanting foreheads

H. erectus remains have been found at which places?

- Java - Africa

Neandertals were resistant to change and were suspicious of outsiders, but members of which group were innovators and had regional social networks?

AMHs

The oldest Homo habilis and Homo erectus fossils can be found on which continent?

Africa

The three subdivisions of the Pleistocene reflect

The age of the fossils

What ability set apart Homo erectus from Homo habilis and Au. boisei?

hunting ability

What does the abbreviation AMH mean?

Anatomically Modern Humans

A possible ancestor to Neandertals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs) has been discovered in northern Spain at Atapuerca dating to 780,000 years ago. The name given to this species is ______, although some scientists consider them to be Homo heidelbergensis.

Homo antecessor

Hunting was an important cultural behavior marking a significant step for a human ancestor. Which ancestral species does the fossil record indicate was the earliest habitual hunter?

Homo erectus

What are long warm periods between ice ages?

Interglacials


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