Anthro Midterm questions chapter 9
What important info regrading homo erectus was revealed by the famous fossil find known as Nariokotome boy?
The 6-foot stature of species made if the first to approach modern human height
Which species was the earliest to migrate out of Africa?
home erectus for hunting and gathering
Ancestral human species that had an average cranial capacity of 1,000 cm?
homo erectus
Campfire found in Israel dating back to about 800,000 years ago, and several in South Africa about 500,000 years ago. Based on these dates, which ancestral species would most likely have been the first to master fire?
homo erectus
Human ancestral species __________ is associated with cave sites in china known as Zhoukoudian, contains hearths and large amounts of tools, animal bones and fossilized remains of more than 40 individuals.
homo erectus
Which human ancestral species was the first to migrate out of africa
homo erectus
With a cranial capacity of 600 to 700 cubic centimeters, which of the following species was the first tool maker and was identified as the first member of the genus homo
homo habilis
Species associated with the skull identified as KNM-ER 1470 that has a brain size similar to Homo Habilis and which may be closely related to homo habilis or may ever represent a female member of the species homo habilis is
homo rudoldensis
What ability set apart homo erectus from homo habilis and Au. boisei
hunting ability
The species known as homo habilis was first discovered and identified by which famous team of paleoanthropologists in 1960
louis and mary leakey
The first representative of homo habilis was found at
olduvai gorge in tanzania
Where did Tim White discover an important specimen of homo habilis identified as female in 1986
olduvia
Which period during did human ancestors rely on stone tools
paleolithic
Fossils of homo erectus date from at least ________ years ago to less than ________ years ago
300,000 and 25,000
The cranial capacity or brain size of homo habilis is
600 to 700 centimeters
In 1891 fossil called Java man made who famous which identified the missing link between apes and humans
Eugene Dubois
In which of the following way does H. rudolfensis differ from H. habilis?
H. Habilis skull has a more marked brow ridge. H. rudoldensis had canines facing the front of the jaw
Cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about _______, roughly double the australopithecine average
1,000 cm
Oldest Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus fossils date to
1.9 mya
What was the reason why Eugene Dubois went to the Indonesian island of java
to find a transitional form between apes and humans
Which of the following tools types is associated with homo erectus?
Archeulean hand axes
Who made Olduvai George in Tanzania famous by discovering the first tool maker and the first known representative of the Genus homo?
L.S.B and Mary Leakey
How did the skeleton of homo erectus compare with modern homo sapiens?
the skeleton of homo erectus was similar to modern humans
Fossil finds at a site located at Damanisi dating to 1.77 million years agoare significant because
they show when human ancestors first began to build shelters
