Bio Lab 15 Quiz
The tools/tool technology associated with anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) are known as: ______________
Aurignacian
Archaic ___________ in Africa are most likely to have given rise to anatomically modern Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens
The scientific name for anatomically modern humans is ______ _________
Homo sapiens
The correct species designations at this time are as follows: Anatomically modern humans: Neanderthals:
Homo sapiens Homo neanderthalensis
Unique features to Homo sapiens:
Unique features to Homo sapiens: (1) high, rounded cranium (2) high, vaulted forehead (3) canine fossa (4) prominent chin
Three hominid/hominin species have shovel‐
incisors: Homo erectus Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens
The current term used to refer to Neanderthals is: _________ _________
specialized archaics.
Neanderthals are not a ___________ of ours, and that we are NOT their descendants. They are a separate _______ _______ of hominids/hominins that evolved along side anatomically modern humans
subspecies evolutionary branch
Some forensic experts and paleoanthropologists refer to anatomically modern humans from _______ - _______ years ago as Homo sapiens sapiens and from ________ years forward, as Homo sapiens.
200,000 - 60,000 60,000
Unique features to Homo neanderthalensis:
(1) very high and wide nasal aperture/nose (2) occipital bun (3) midfacial prognathism (4) taurodont molars (5) retromolar space
The average brain size for anatomically modern humans is: _________
1,350 cc
The average brain size for Neanderthals is: _______ cc
1,500 cc
The tools/tool technology associated with Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are known as: __________
Mousterian