Exam 4: Human Evolution

Remains in southern Africa suggest that Homo erectus may have learned to use fire by:

What did our early human ancestors use to consume meat?

During the ______________________ the tool industry was characterized by long slim blades and an explosion of creative symbolic forms.

Compare and contrast the robust with the gracile australopithecines.

In which geological epoch did Homo sapiens first emerge?

All of the following are advantages associated with cooking food except:

The development of handedness is associated most directly with:

_______________ change depends upon heritable traits.

The Mousterian tool tradition industries of Europe and Southwestern Asia date to:

Which geological time period began about 23 million years ago?

Which hypothesis argues that Neandertals were simply a regional variation of anatomically modern humans?

Around 30,000 years ago in Europe:

Homo erectus placed a new emphasis on:

Which of the following is not found characteristically in bipeds?

Which australopithecine subsisted more on meat than the other?

The emergence of Homo occurred in the Paleolithic; however, the Upper Paleolithic marked a significant transition in the human fossil record. Discuss this transition in greater detail and why this period proved such an important departure from earlier Homo existence.

Neandertals are associated with the _______________ Tool tradition.

The earliest discovered human tools are dated at about:

The interpretation of art is often an open one. However, during the Upper Paleolithic there was an explosion in artwork (for example, carvings, pendants, sculptures, cave art, etc.). What are some of the major arguments put forth that attempt to explain the 'meaning' behind these artistic expressions? What do you think?

Which of the following statements is most accurate?