Question 1

What is the "Eve hypothesis"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the belief that humans did not evolve,but were created by God 
B)  the evidence that modern humans are descended from a single African population 
C)  the fossil evidence that Neanderthal was wiped out by modern humans 
D)  the evidence that one highly evolved woman gave rise to all Homo sapiens 
A)  the belief that humans did not evolve,but were created by God 
B)  the evidence that modern humans are descended from a single African population 
C)  the fossil evidence that Neanderthal was wiped out by modern humans 
D)  the evidence that one highly evolved woman gave rise to all Homo sapiens

Question 2

What is the name of the tool tradition that lasted over a million years and is associated with Homo ergaster in Africa and Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attawanderon 
B)  Acheulian 
C)  Oldowan 
D)  Mousterian 
A)  Attawanderon 
B)  Acheulian 
C)  Oldowan 
D)  Mousterian

Question 3

Chimpanzees have been observed removing leaves from sticks to make "tools."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A particular feature of primate evolution has been a decrease in the number of teeth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Jane Goodall's long-term study of the orangutans of Indonesia has made it clear that higher primates can make and use tools and frequently hunt cooperatively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following options represents the food that had a major effect on the evolution of the human brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nuts 
B)  Grains 
C)  Vegetables 
D)  Meat 
A)  Nuts 
B)  Grains 
C)  Vegetables 
D)  Meat

Question 7

Hominins acquired their erect bipedal posture long before they evolved highly developed and enlarged brains.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How have the canine teeth in most primates changed over time?

Accepted Answer

A)  They grew smaller as softer,fleshier foods became available. 
B)  They disappeared altogether. 
C)  They developed projectile cusps. 
D)  They grew longer to facilitate tearing opening tough husks of fruits. 
A)  They grew smaller as softer,fleshier foods became available. 
B)  They disappeared altogether. 
C)  They developed projectile cusps. 
D)  They grew longer to facilitate tearing opening tough husks of fruits.

Question 9

The development of human languages occurred during the upper Paleolithic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What was probably the most important function of the first stone tools?

Accepted Answer

A)  to increase the amount of meat in the diet 
B)  to build hearths and collect firewood 
C)  to build shelters for the group 
D)  to defend a home base 
A)  to increase the amount of meat in the diet 
B)  to build hearths and collect firewood 
C)  to build shelters for the group 
D)  to defend a home base

Question 11

What climatic change coincided with the addition of meat to Homo habilis's diet?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooler,wetter weather 
B)  cooler,drier weather 
C)  an increase in frost-free days 
D)  increased rainfall 
A)  cooler,wetter weather 
B)  cooler,drier weather 
C)  an increase in frost-free days 
D)  increased rainfall

What is the "Eve hypothesis"?

What is the name of the tool tradition that lasted over a million years and is associated with Homo ergaster in Africa and Europe?

Chimpanzees have been observed removing leaves from sticks to make "tools."

A particular feature of primate evolution has been a decrease in the number of teeth.

Jane Goodall's long-term study of the orangutans of Indonesia has made it clear that higher primates can make and use tools and frequently hunt cooperatively.

Which of the following options represents the food that had a major effect on the evolution of the human brain?

Hominins acquired their erect bipedal posture long before they evolved highly developed and enlarged brains.

How have the canine teeth in most primates changed over time?

The development of human languages occurred during the upper Paleolithic.

What was probably the most important function of the first stone tools?

What climatic change coincided with the addition of meat to Homo habilis's diet?

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Exam 3: The Beginnings of Human Culture

What is the "Eve hypothesis"?

What is the name of the tool tradition that lasted over a million years and is associated with Homo ergaster in Africa and Europe?

Chimpanzees have been observed removing leaves from sticks to make "tools."

A particular feature of primate evolution has been a decrease in the number of teeth.

Jane Goodall's long-term study of the orangutans of Indonesia has made it clear that higher primates can make and use tools and frequently hunt cooperatively.

Which of the following options represents the food that had a major effect on the evolution of the human brain?

Hominins acquired their erect bipedal posture long before they evolved highly developed and enlarged brains.

How have the canine teeth in most primates changed over time?

The development of human languages occurred during the upper Paleolithic.

What was probably the most important function of the first stone tools?

What climatic change coincided with the addition of meat to Homo habilis's diet?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

Filters