Question 1

The stone tool industry of Homo erectus involving the production of symmetrical, sometimes artfully rendered handaxes is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Acheulean 
B)  Oldowan 
C)  Mousterian 
D)  Geometric Kebaran 
A)  Acheulean 
B)  Oldowan 
C)  Mousterian 
D)  Geometric Kebaran

Question 2

The fossils labeled Homo naledi were discovered in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hadar 
B)  Laetoli 
C)  Pinnacle Cave 
D)  Rising Star Cave 
A)  Hadar 
B)  Laetoli 
C)  Pinnacle Cave 
D)  Rising Star Cave

Question 3

Below the skull, the Homo erectus skeleton is:

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A)  essentially ape-like 
B)  essentially monkey-like 
C)  essentially human-like 
D)  no post-cranial bones of Homo erectus have been found 
A)  essentially ape-like 
B)  essentially monkey-like 
C)  essentially human-like 
D)  no post-cranial bones of Homo erectus have been found

Question 4

The Homo naledi specimens date to the period between:

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A)  3 million and 2.5 million years ago 
B)  1 million and .75 million years ago 
C)  335,000 and 236,000 years ago 
D)  40,000 and 30,000 years ago 
A)  3 million and 2.5 million years ago 
B)  1 million and .75 million years ago 
C)  335,000 and 236,000 years ago 
D)  40,000 and 30,000 years ago

Question 5

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, numerous stone flakes were produced. Wear pattern analysis has shown that these flakes:

Accepted Answer

A)  are simply waste and served no further function 
B)  were buried with the dead, implying the use of symbols among these hominins 
C)  were used as cutting and scraping tools 
D)  were placed on arrow shafts and used in hunting 
A)  are simply waste and served no further function 
B)  were buried with the dead, implying the use of symbols among these hominins 
C)  were used as cutting and scraping tools 
D)  were placed on arrow shafts and used in hunting

Question 6

The Levantine Corridor is interpreted to have been:

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A)  the route taken by Homo erectus from continental Asia to the islands of the western Pacific 
B)  the anatomical location on the interior of the skulls of advanced hominins where the two hemispheres of the brain are connected by a bundle of nerves; the "corridor" is not seen in the crania of apes 
C)  a broad and deep valley whose existence in central India may explain why handaxe technology is not seen to the east in China 
D)  a natural passageway likely followed by Homo erectus as they expanded beyond Africa into west Asia. 
A)  the route taken by Homo erectus from continental Asia to the islands of the western Pacific 
B)  the anatomical location on the interior of the skulls of advanced hominins where the two hemispheres of the brain are connected by a bundle of nerves; the "corridor" is not seen in the crania of apes 
C)  a broad and deep valley whose existence in central India may explain why handaxe technology is not seen to the east in China 
D)  a natural passageway likely followed by Homo erectus as they expanded beyond Africa into west Asia.

Question 7

In comparison to interglacials and interstadials, during glacials and stadials, the amount of 18O in the shells of foraminifera proportional to the amount of 16O:

Accepted Answer

A)  is higher 
B)  is lower 
C)  remains the same 
D)  fluctuates 
A)  is higher 
B)  is lower 
C)  remains the same 
D)  fluctuates

Question 8

At death, the Nariokotome boy exhibited the physical maturity of a modern human at about age:

Accepted Answer

A)  twelve 
B)  nine 
C)  four 
D)  two 
A)  twelve 
B)  nine 
C)  four 
D)  two

Question 9

Mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about:

Accepted Answer

A)  1450 cc 
B)  960 cc 
C)  760 cc 
D)  560cc 
A)  1450 cc 
B)  960 cc 
C)  760 cc 
D)  560cc

Question 10

What do findings in East Asia suggest about the time of the earliest Homo erectus and the timing of their spread from Africa?

Accepted Answer

The findings in East Asia suggest that t

Question 11

What do we know about Homo erectus subsistence? Were they great hunters or merely scavengers of the kills of true hunters? What do the artifacts tell us?

Accepted Answer

Homo erectus is believed to have been sk

Question 12

What does the Nariokotome boy's skeleton tell us about the developmental rate of Homo erectus? What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

The Nariokotome boy, also known as Turka

Question 13

The mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about what percentage of the mean modern human cranial capacity:

Accepted Answer

A)  100% 
B)  70% 
C)  35% 
D)  15% 
A)  100% 
B)  70% 
C)  35% 
D)  15%

Question 14

Examination of Homo erectus cranial endocasts indicates that the hemispheres of its brain were:

Accepted Answer

A)  symmetrical, like in apes 
B)  asymmetrical, like in modern people 
C)  symmetrical, like in modern people 
D)  asymmetrical, like in apes 
A)  symmetrical, like in apes 
B)  asymmetrical, like in modern people 
C)  symmetrical, like in modern people 
D)  asymmetrical, like in apes

Question 15

What enabled the geographic expansion of Homo erectus?

Accepted Answer

The geographic expansion of Homo erectus

Question 16

The oldest Homo erectus handaxes date back to:

Accepted Answer

A)  2.5 million years ago 
B)  1.76 million years ago 
C)  1.0 million years ago 
D)  500,000 years ago 
A)  2.5 million years ago 
B)  1.76 million years ago 
C)  1.0 million years ago 
D)  500,000 years ago

Question 17

Recent evidence gathered in Spain indicates that Homo erectus reached Europe:

Accepted Answer

A)  by 1.2 million years ago 
B)  after 500,000 years ago 
C)  before 1.5 million years ago 
D)  after the appearance there of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 
A)  by 1.2 million years ago 
B)  after 500,000 years ago 
C)  before 1.5 million years ago 
D)  after the appearance there of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

Question 18

Discuss the significance of the fossil dubbed "the Hobbit." What does its location, size and timing imply about the evolution of the hominins?

Accepted Answer

The fossil dubbed "the Hobbit" is signif

Question 19

The youngest sites of Homo erectus-or, at least, of a species that bears a striking resemblance to Homo erectus-date to:

Accepted Answer

A)  1,000,000 years ago 
B)  500,000 years ago 
C)  250,000 years ago 
D)  no later than about 50,000 years ago 
A)  1,000,000 years ago 
B)  500,000 years ago 
C)  250,000 years ago 
D)  no later than about 50,000 years ago

Question 20

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, the maker produced about how more edge than if making an Oldowan tool:

Accepted Answer

A)  twice as much 
B)  4 times as much 
C)  10 as much 
D)  100 as much 
A)  twice as much 
B)  4 times as much 
C)  10 as much 
D)  100 as much

The stone tool industry of Homo erectus involving the production of symmetrical, sometimes artfully rendered handaxes is called:

The fossils labeled Homo naledi were discovered in:

Below the skull, the Homo erectus skeleton is:

The Homo naledi specimens date to the period between:

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, numerous stone flakes were produced. Wear pattern analysis has shown that these flakes:

The Levantine Corridor is interpreted to have been:

In comparison to interglacials and interstadials, during glacials and stadials, the amount of ¹⁸O in the shells of foraminifera proportional to the amount of ¹⁶O:

At death, the Nariokotome boy exhibited the physical maturity of a modern human at about age:

Mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about:

What do findings in East Asia suggest about the time of the earliest Homo erectus and the timing of their spread from Africa?

What do we know about Homo erectus subsistence? Were they great hunters or merely scavengers of the kills of true hunters? What do the artifacts tell us?

What does the Nariokotome boy's skeleton tell us about the developmental rate of Homo erectus? What does this mean?

The mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about what percentage of the mean modern human cranial capacity:

Examination of Homo erectus cranial endocasts indicates that the hemispheres of its brain were:

What enabled the geographic expansion of Homo erectus?

The oldest Homo erectus handaxes date back to:

Recent evidence gathered in Spain indicates that Homo erectus reached Europe:

Discuss the significance of the fossil dubbed "the Hobbit." What does its location, size and timing imply about the evolution of the hominins?

The youngest sites of Homo erectus-or, at least, of a species that bears a striking resemblance to Homo erectus-date to:

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, the maker produced about how more edge than if making an Oldowan tool:

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African Roots

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

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

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The stone tool industry of Homo erectus involving the production of symmetrical, sometimes artfully rendered handaxes is called:

The fossils labeled Homo naledi were discovered in:

Below the skull, the Homo erectus skeleton is:

The Homo naledi specimens date to the period between:

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, numerous stone flakes were produced. Wear pattern analysis has shown that these flakes:

The Levantine Corridor is interpreted to have been:

In comparison to interglacials and interstadials, during glacials and stadials, the amount of 18O in the shells of foraminifera proportional to the amount of 16O:

At death, the Nariokotome boy exhibited the physical maturity of a modern human at about age:

Mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about:

What do findings in East Asia suggest about the time of the earliest Homo erectus and the timing of their spread from Africa?

What do we know about Homo erectus subsistence? Were they great hunters or merely scavengers of the kills of true hunters? What do the artifacts tell us?

What does the Nariokotome boy's skeleton tell us about the developmental rate of Homo erectus? What does this mean?

The mean cranial capacity of Homo erectus was about what percentage of the mean modern human cranial capacity:

Examination of Homo erectus cranial endocasts indicates that the hemispheres of its brain were:

What enabled the geographic expansion of Homo erectus?

The oldest Homo erectus handaxes date back to:

Recent evidence gathered in Spain indicates that Homo erectus reached Europe:

Discuss the significance of the fossil dubbed "the Hobbit." What does its location, size and timing imply about the evolution of the hominins?

The youngest sites of Homo erectus-or, at least, of a species that bears a striking resemblance to Homo erectus-date to:

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, the maker produced about how more edge than if making an Oldowan tool:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

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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In comparison to interglacials and interstadials, during glacials and stadials, the amount of ¹⁸O in the shells of foraminifera proportional to the amount of ¹⁶O: