Intro To Anthropology Exam 2

ethnographic analogy

An archaeologist visits living descendants of a society to verify an artifact. This is called?

False

Analysis of denisovan DNA suggests that these ancient hominins contributed DNA to Neanderthals but not living human populations. T or F

Finger length proportions between males and females

Chazine observed painted handprints at Upper Paleolithic Sites and determined that both males and females were responsible. How did he determine this?

their mother

In New Chimpanzees, a young chimp or bonobo has a most important relationship with whom?

leaves/chewed fruit used as a wad to sponge drinking water

In New Chimpanzees, what forms of tool use did we see?

walking

In Walking with Cavemen, homo ergaster brought down a large hoofed mammal by?

She climbs, brachiates and hangs, walks bipedal on the ground

In Walking with Cavemen, which best describes the locomotion of Lucy?

stone and bamboo

In Walking with Cavemen, which of the following may have been used by pre-homo sapiens hominins?

language and communication

Multi regional theorists point to cultural improvements in _____ that cause the changes we see in face, teeth, and jaws as homo sapiens emerged

sagittal crest

Paranthropines have a ridge of bone located on the top of their skulls that anchored muscles called the

Since it is hanging by its prehensile tail, it is a New World Monkey

Primate on monkey bars must mean that?

Multiregional Hypothesis

The presence of discrete skeletal traits that are consistent within geographic regions from homo erectus to the present is called

Upper Paleolithic

When does blade technology become important according to archeological record?

Paranthropines had bigger muscles in their jaws to help chew hard foods

Which of the following best describes how paranthropines differed from australopinthecines?

All of the above

Which of the following has not been a reason for the development of bipedalism in human ancestors?

Indirect percussion

Which of the following is an important tool making method in the Upper Paleolithic Period?

paranthropus boisei

Which of the following is not considered to be ancestors to humans?

masked ovulation, longest period of dependency, enlarged cerebral cortex

Which of the following is only human traits?

Australopithecus afarensis

Which of the following of the early hominins has the earliest dated specimens?

Chimpanzees make tools

Which of the following statements is true?

size of the brain

Which of the following was the most different between homo habilis and australopithecines?

Skin, fur or feather coloration

Which of the following would be included in sexual dimorphism?

larger brains on average

compared to neanderthals, anatomically modern humans have all of the following except

Shanidar by Neanderthal

one of the first examples of a funeral ritual by hominins was found where?

false

platyrrhines and catarrhines are ways of classifying primates using shoulder shape. T or F

arboreal

skeletal features of primates reflect a tree dwelling or ___ adaptation

oldowan

the earliest known stone tool tradition is called

Acheulian

the tool tradition of homo erectus is called?

Mousterian

tool assemblage that is associated with Neanderthals

percussion flaking

tool technique described as striking a stone with another stone to alter it

Make cave paintings

we can be fairly certain that homo erectus did all the following except?

a spear thrower

what is an atlatl?

bipedal locomotion

which occurred first in hominin evolution?

sagittal keel

which of the following is a characteristic associated with homo erectus?

made cave paintings

which of the following is a characteristic of Upper Paleolithic peoples in contrast to neanderthals?

Boats following edge of the ice, big game following

which of the following is a suggested way people first came to the Western Hemisphere?

hunt animals, make tools, large brain relative to body size

which of the following is a trait shared by humans and chimpanzees?

foramen magnum located towards the back of the skull

which of the following is not a characteristic of hominid skeletal structure associated with bipedalism?

aethiopicus

which of the following is not a species of australopithecus?

all of the above

which of the following is not part of the complex primate traits?

apes and monkeys are related but different kinds of primates

which of the following statements is true?

it is evidence of learned and shared knowledge

why are tool making traditions evidence of culture?

sexual selection

why does hair grow thicker on human heads than the rest of the body?

All of the above

A friend shows you a stone tool..

Africa, 200,000 years ago

according to DNA evidence, all living humans are descended from a single female. When and where did this common ancestor appear?