Anthropology Chap 9
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