Question 1

Of the items listed, which was the last to appear in the lineage to modern humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  art 
B)  ability to speak 
C)  blade technology 
D)  bone tools 
A)  art 
B)  ability to speak 
C)  blade technology 
D)  bone tools

Question 2

Baboons form subspecies/biological races, but humans do not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

As of now, the answer to the question "how did Europe get farming some 8,000 years ago" is

Accepted Answer

A)  they invented it independent of any other source 
B)  the idea diffused from the Middle East as groups borrowed the idea from neighbors 
C)  Middle Eastern farmers migrated westward, interbred with local hunter-gatherers, and brought farming with them 
D)  boats traversed the then much narrower Straits of Gibraltar bringing farming from North Africa 
A)  they invented it independent of any other source 
B)  the idea diffused from the Middle East as groups borrowed the idea from neighbors 
C)  Middle Eastern farmers migrated westward, interbred with local hunter-gatherers, and brought farming with them 
D)  boats traversed the then much narrower Straits of Gibraltar bringing farming from North Africa

Question 4

The newest evidence concerning how Europeans became farmers is that Middle Eastern farmers moved west, interbred with the natives, bringing farming with them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Thompson's Rule finds correlations between skin color and humidity throughout the Old World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In modern humans, most traits are not biologically exclusionary and do not covary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Linguistic, archaeological, and biological data all point to a Polynesian origin for Easter Islanders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If you had a male skull, you'd be likely to find all of the following traits except

Accepted Answer

A)  one bump on the lower part of the forehead 
B)  zygomatic bones extending beyond the ear 
C)  strong ridges of bone on the brow area 
D)  large mastoid process 
A)  one bump on the lower part of the forehead 
B)  zygomatic bones extending beyond the ear 
C)  strong ridges of bone on the brow area 
D)  large mastoid process

Question 9

Baboons are instructive in discussing subspecies or biological races in humans because baboons

Accepted Answer

A)  are as genetically similar to each other as humans are to each other 
B)  but not humans, form distinctive geographic and biological groups 
C)  are a morphologically homozygous population but humans are not 
D)  show the same kind of trait variability in size, hair/fur color, eye color, etc. 
A)  are as genetically similar to each other as humans are to each other 
B)  but not humans, form distinctive geographic and biological groups 
C)  are a morphologically homozygous population but humans are not 
D)  show the same kind of trait variability in size, hair/fur color, eye color, etc.

Question 10

Discuss two of the following traits relative to the environmental cause of its variability: skin color, body build, nose shape.

Accepted Answer

Skin color and body build are two traits

Question 11

Reconstructing faces with clay has been much more successful than using DNA to identify individuals who cannot otherwise be identified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In sexing skeletons, the best results come from sexing pelvises, not skulls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What 5 questions do forensic anthropologists ask of any skeletal material they are to analyze? Which is the most important question?

Accepted Answer

Forensic anthropologists ask the followi

Question 14

The main reason scientists want to study Kennewick Man before he is (or not) repatriated and reburied is because

Accepted Answer

A)  he is the only Native American who dates before 15 kyr ago 
B)  all 206 bones have been recovered, a rare situation 
C)  his bones suggest earliest Native Americans had different traits from modern Asians 
D)  he has the largest cranial capacity known to any prehistoric Native American 
A)  he is the only Native American who dates before 15 kyr ago 
B)  all 206 bones have been recovered, a rare situation 
C)  his bones suggest earliest Native Americans had different traits from modern Asians 
D)  he has the largest cranial capacity known to any prehistoric Native American

Question 15

What has the fact that Indians live in Asia, have darkly pigmented skin, but straight hair and faces, have to do with "race"?

Accepted Answer

The concept of "race" has been a subject

Question 16

Your job as a forensic anthropologist is to identify the sex of a fossil you have been given. Do it in order of success of identifying, pointing out which traits are male and which are female. How certain are you?

Accepted Answer

As a forensic anthropologist, I would fi

Question 17

People in the world today enumerate "races" differently, with Americans claiming there are three.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Bioanthropologists can explain the variability of all of the following human traits EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  skin color 
B)  nose shape 
C)  lip thickness 
D)  body build 
A)  skin color 
B)  nose shape 
C)  lip thickness 
D)  body build

Question 19

Of the following, which group has the largest cranial capacity?

Accepted Answer

A)  European AMH 
B)  Asian AMH 
C)  Neandertals 
D)  African AMH 
A)  European AMH 
B)  Asian AMH 
C)  Neandertals 
D)  African AMH

Question 20

One trend in AMH is that we have larger brains and cranial capacities than any preceding hominid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Of the items listed, which was the last to appear in the lineage to modern humans?

Baboons form subspecies/biological races, but humans do not.

As of now, the answer to the question "how did Europe get farming some 8,000 years ago" is

The newest evidence concerning how Europeans became farmers is that Middle Eastern farmers moved west, interbred with the natives, bringing farming with them.

Thompson's Rule finds correlations between skin color and humidity throughout the Old World.

In modern humans, most traits are not biologically exclusionary and do not covary.

Linguistic, archaeological, and biological data all point to a Polynesian origin for Easter Islanders.

If you had a male skull, you'd be likely to find all of the following traits except

Baboons are instructive in discussing subspecies or biological races in humans because baboons

Discuss two of the following traits relative to the environmental cause of its variability: skin color, body build, nose shape.

Reconstructing faces with clay has been much more successful than using DNA to identify individuals who cannot otherwise be identified.

In sexing skeletons, the best results come from sexing pelvises, not skulls.

What 5 questions do forensic anthropologists ask of any skeletal material they are to analyze? Which is the most important question?

The main reason scientists want to study Kennewick Man before he is (or not) repatriated and reburied is because

What has the fact that Indians live in Asia, have darkly pigmented skin, but straight hair and faces, have to do with "race"?

Your job as a forensic anthropologist is to identify the sex of a fossil you have been given. Do it in order of success of identifying, pointing out which traits are male and which are female. How certain are you?

People in the world today enumerate "races" differently, with Americans claiming there are three.

Bioanthropologists can explain the variability of all of the following human traits EXCEPT

Of the following, which group has the largest cranial capacity?

One trend in AMH is that we have larger brains and cranial capacities than any preceding hominid.

Introduction to Anthropology

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Americas

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Conclusions: Who Are We

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Exam 15: Contemporary Humans

Of the items listed, which was the last to appear in the lineage to modern humans?

Baboons form subspecies/biological races, but humans do not.

As of now, the answer to the question "how did Europe get farming some 8,000 years ago" is

The newest evidence concerning how Europeans became farmers is that Middle Eastern farmers moved west, interbred with the natives, bringing farming with them.

Thompson's Rule finds correlations between skin color and humidity throughout the Old World.

In modern humans, most traits are not biologically exclusionary and do not covary.

Linguistic, archaeological, and biological data all point to a Polynesian origin for Easter Islanders.

If you had a male skull, you'd be likely to find all of the following traits except

Baboons are instructive in discussing subspecies or biological races in humans because baboons

Discuss two of the following traits relative to the environmental cause of its variability: skin color, body build, nose shape.

Reconstructing faces with clay has been much more successful than using DNA to identify individuals who cannot otherwise be identified.

In sexing skeletons, the best results come from sexing pelvises, not skulls.

What 5 questions do forensic anthropologists ask of any skeletal material they are to analyze? Which is the most important question?

The main reason scientists want to study Kennewick Man before he is (or not) repatriated and reburied is because

What has the fact that Indians live in Asia, have darkly pigmented skin, but straight hair and faces, have to do with "race"?

Your job as a forensic anthropologist is to identify the sex of a fossil you have been given. Do it in order of success of identifying, pointing out which traits are male and which are female. How certain are you?

People in the world today enumerate "races" differently, with Americans claiming there are three.

Bioanthropologists can explain the variability of all of the following human traits EXCEPT

Of the following, which group has the largest cranial capacity?

One trend in AMH is that we have larger brains and cranial capacities than any preceding hominid.

Introduction to Anthropology

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Americas

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Conclusions: Who Are We

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