Question 1

At the 50,000-year-old Neandertal site of Um el Tlel, researchers found direct evidence of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Neandertal hunting; a stone point embedded in the neck bone of a wild goat 
B)  a primitive ceramic industry in the form of crude clay pots 
C)  burial ceremonialism 
D)  human sacrifice and cannibalism 
A)  Neandertal hunting; a stone point embedded in the neck bone of a wild goat 
B)  a primitive ceramic industry in the form of crude clay pots 
C)  burial ceremonialism 
D)  human sacrifice and cannibalism

Question 2

In profile, the Neandertal cranium is:

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A)  flattened, with a steeply sloping forehead 
B)  round 
C)  roughly pentagonal 
D)  roughly trapezoidal 
A)  flattened, with a steeply sloping forehead 
B)  round 
C)  roughly pentagonal 
D)  roughly trapezoidal

Question 3

What is the significance of the Sima de los Huesos site in the Atapuerca Mountains of Spain? What does it tell us about the evolution of the Neandertals?

Accepted Answer

The Sima de los Huesos site in the Atapu

Question 4

Who were the Denisovans? Discuss their place in the evolution of anatomically modern human beings.

Accepted Answer

The Denisovans were a group of ancient h

Question 5

One of the Neandertal skeletons from Shanidar Cave shows persuasive evidence of:

Accepted Answer

A)  cannibalism 
B)  warfare 
C)  the oldest evidence of the presence of AIDS in a hominin population 
D)  compassion 
A)  cannibalism 
B)  warfare 
C)  the oldest evidence of the presence of AIDS in a hominin population 
D)  compassion

Question 6

What is the significance of the Neandertal fossils from St. Césaire and Zafarraya

Accepted Answer

The Neandertal fossils from St. Césaire

Question 7

How did the Neandertals get their bad reputation? Why do people today use the term "Neandertal" as an insult?

Accepted Answer

The Neandertals got their bad reputation

Question 8

About what percentage of the genome of modern human beings in Europe and Asia can be traced to Neandertals:

Accepted Answer

A)  20%-25% 
B)  10%-12% 
C)  1%-4% 
D)  0% 
A)  20%-25% 
B)  10%-12% 
C)  1%-4% 
D)  0%

Question 9

Neandertal sites have been found as far north as:

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A)  southern Europe 
B)  Scotland 
C)  just south of the Arctic Circle 
D)  the North Pole 
A)  southern Europe 
B)  Scotland 
C)  just south of the Arctic Circle 
D)  the North Pole

Question 10

In terms of overall shape, comparing the profile of a Neandertal cranium with that of an anatomically modern human being is like comparing the profile of a:

Accepted Answer

A)  softball to a hardball 
B)  football to a volleyball 
C)  ping pong ball to a tennis ball 
D)  Frisbee to a boomerang 
A)  softball to a hardball 
B)  football to a volleyball 
C)  ping pong ball to a tennis ball 
D)  Frisbee to a boomerang

Question 11

The mean cranial capacity of the Neandertals is about:

Accepted Answer

A)  1000 ml 
B)  1250 ml 
C)  1480 ml 
D)  2000 ml 
A)  1000 ml 
B)  1250 ml 
C)  1480 ml 
D)  2000 ml

Question 12

Neandertal mtDNA recovered from bones found at the original Neandertal site, Krapina in Croatia, and Mezmaiskaya Cave in Russia:

Accepted Answer

A)  was too deteriorated to offer any conclusion about genetic affinity 
B)  all showed substantial differences when compared to modern human mtDNA 
C)  looked remarkably similar to modern human mtDNA 
D)  no mtDNA was found in these bones because they were all fossilized 
A)  was too deteriorated to offer any conclusion about genetic affinity 
B)  all showed substantial differences when compared to modern human mtDNA 
C)  looked remarkably similar to modern human mtDNA 
D)  no mtDNA was found in these bones because they were all fossilized

Question 13

Neandertals are said to be remarkably human in their compassion for their comrades and in their rituals surrounding death. What evidence is there to support such assertions?

Accepted Answer

There is evidence to support the asserti

Question 14

Why don't the native people of Africa have any Neandertal DNA?

Accepted Answer

A)  they evolved after the Neandertals became extinct 
B)  the Neandertals didn't live in Africa 
C)  the mtDNA of the native people of Africa was incompatible with Neandertal DNA 
D)  the assertion in the question is false. In fact, native Africans exhibit high levels of Neandertal DNA 
A)  they evolved after the Neandertals became extinct 
B)  the Neandertals didn't live in Africa 
C)  the mtDNA of the native people of Africa was incompatible with Neandertal DNA 
D)  the assertion in the question is false. In fact, native Africans exhibit high levels of Neandertal DNA

Question 15

Key differences in the Neandertal genome, when compared to the modern human genome, involve:

Accepted Answer

A)  muscle strength 
B)  cranial capacity 
C)  eye color 
D)  cranial morphology 
A)  muscle strength 
B)  cranial capacity 
C)  eye color 
D)  cranial morphology

Question 16

The sites where the earliest skeletons of anatomically modern Homo sapiens outside of Africa have been found are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Skhul and Qafzeh 
B)  Amud and Tabun 
C)  Shanidar and St. Césaire 
D)  Kent's Cave and Howe Caverns 
A)  Skhul and Qafzeh 
B)  Amud and Tabun 
C)  Shanidar and St. Césaire 
D)  Kent's Cave and Howe Caverns

Question 17

The Mousterian technology focused on the production of:

Accepted Answer

A)  core tools 
B)  precisely made flake tools 
C)  long, thin blades 
D)  bifacially retouched projectile points 
A)  core tools 
B)  precisely made flake tools 
C)  long, thin blades 
D)  bifacially retouched projectile points

Question 18

The name for the stone tool industry associated with the premodern Homo sapiens is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Oldowan 
B)  Acheulean 
C)  Levallois 
D)  Solutrean 
A)  Oldowan 
B)  Acheulean 
C)  Levallois 
D)  Solutrean

At the 50,000-year-old Neandertal site of Um el Tlel, researchers found direct evidence of:

In profile, the Neandertal cranium is:

What is the significance of the Sima de los Huesos site in the Atapuerca Mountains of Spain? What does it tell us about the evolution of the Neandertals?

Who were the Denisovans? Discuss their place in the evolution of anatomically modern human beings.

One of the Neandertal skeletons from Shanidar Cave shows persuasive evidence of:

What is the significance of the Neandertal fossils from St. Césaire and Zafarraya

How did the Neandertals get their bad reputation? Why do people today use the term "Neandertal" as an insult?

About what percentage of the genome of modern human beings in Europe and Asia can be traced to Neandertals:

Neandertal sites have been found as far north as:

In terms of overall shape, comparing the profile of a Neandertal cranium with that of an anatomically modern human being is like comparing the profile of a:

The mean cranial capacity of the Neandertals is about:

Neandertal mtDNA recovered from bones found at the original Neandertal site, Krapina in Croatia, and Mezmaiskaya Cave in Russia:

Neandertals are said to be remarkably human in their compassion for their comrades and in their rituals surrounding death. What evidence is there to support such assertions?

Why don't the native people of Africa have any Neandertal DNA?

Key differences in the Neandertal genome, when compared to the modern human genome, involve:

The sites where the earliest skeletons of anatomically modern Homo sapiens outside of Africa have been found are:

The Mousterian technology focused on the production of:

The name for the stone tool industry associated with the premodern Homo sapiens is:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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Exam 5: The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

At the 50,000-year-old Neandertal site of Um el Tlel, researchers found direct evidence of:

In profile, the Neandertal cranium is:

What is the significance of the Sima de los Huesos site in the Atapuerca Mountains of Spain? What does it tell us about the evolution of the Neandertals?

Who were the Denisovans? Discuss their place in the evolution of anatomically modern human beings.

One of the Neandertal skeletons from Shanidar Cave shows persuasive evidence of:

What is the significance of the Neandertal fossils from St. Césaire and Zafarraya

How did the Neandertals get their bad reputation? Why do people today use the term "Neandertal" as an insult?

About what percentage of the genome of modern human beings in Europe and Asia can be traced to Neandertals:

Neandertal sites have been found as far north as:

In terms of overall shape, comparing the profile of a Neandertal cranium with that of an anatomically modern human being is like comparing the profile of a:

The mean cranial capacity of the Neandertals is about:

Neandertal mtDNA recovered from bones found at the original Neandertal site, Krapina in Croatia, and Mezmaiskaya Cave in Russia:

Neandertals are said to be remarkably human in their compassion for their comrades and in their rituals surrounding death. What evidence is there to support such assertions?

Why don't the native people of Africa have any Neandertal DNA?

Key differences in the Neandertal genome, when compared to the modern human genome, involve:

The sites where the earliest skeletons of anatomically modern Homo sapiens outside of Africa have been found are:

The Mousterian technology focused on the production of:

The name for the stone tool industry associated with the premodern Homo sapiens is:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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