Exam 3: Becoming Human

Homo floresiensis fossils were found at the Liang Bua site in Indonesia.

Which of these paleoanthropological sites is located in North America?

Which of these hominins has a notable protruding chin?

Oxygen isotope analysis measures changes in ancient _____________________.

Recent interpretations of archaeological evidence often incorporate DNA evidence.

According to current evidence, ____________________ was the first hominin to leave the African continent.

What significant find was made at Denisova Cave in Russia?

Homo erectus and Homo sapiens are most anatomically similar______________________.

______________________ refers to an archaeological period recognized in Western Eurasia (and sometimes northern Africa)

Which of these archaeological regions is located in southern England?

Homo heidelbergensis appears in Africa about _____________________.

What are some differences between the chimpanzee and human vocal tracts? How do these differences facilitate human speech?

What are foraminifera? Why are they relevant to archaeology and paleoanthropology?

Did Neandertals and modern humans ever interbreed? How do we know?

What is the signature artifact of the Acheulian tool tradition?

In 2010 a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome was published.

Humans have a ________________ pharynx region than common chimpanzees.

________________ is a special way of knapping a core so that it is shaped in a way that allows the removal of a thin, well-shaped flake.

According to the recent single origin model, modern Homo sapiens evolved about ___________________ years ago.

The famous "Nariokotome Boy" is a member of which hominin species?