Question 1

According to the out-of-Africa model, the transition from archaic to modern Homo sapiens

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A) occurred in several areas simultaneously. 
B) occurred only once, in Africa. 
C) began in Asia. 
D) took place about 500,000 years ago. 
A) occurred in several areas simultaneously. 
B) occurred only once, in Africa. 
C) began in Asia. 
D) took place about 500,000 years ago. B

Question 2

Archaic Homo sapiens display several primitive features found in

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A) Homo erectus. 
B) Australopithecus robustus. 
C) Australopithecus boisei. 
D) none of the above. 
A) Homo erectus. 
B) Australopithecus robustus. 
C) Australopithecus boisei. 
D) none of the above. A

Question 3

From where was the archaic cranium, the Narmada skull, recovered?

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A) Africa 
B) North America 
C) the Indian subcontinent 
D) Asia 
A) Africa 
B) North America 
C) the Indian subcontinent 
D) Asia C

Question 4

Analysis of stress markers in dentition indicate that Neandertals

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A) were highly stressed. 
B) exhibited hypoplasia at a rate no different from modern humans. 
C) dealt successfully with their environments. 
D) b and c only. 
A) were highly stressed. 
B) exhibited hypoplasia at a rate no different from modern humans. 
C) dealt successfully with their environments. 
D) b and c only.

Question 5

Which model of modern human origins would predict the likely discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils?

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A) out-of-Africa 
B) multiregional continuity 
C) assimilation 
D) None of these models would predict such a discovery. 
A) out-of-Africa 
B) multiregional continuity 
C) assimilation 
D) None of these models would predict such a discovery.

Question 6

Which modern human population exhibits the greatest genetic diversity today?

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A) Native Americans 
B) sub-Saharan Africans 
C) Aboriginal Australians 
D) East Asians 
A) Native Americans 
B) sub-Saharan Africans 
C) Aboriginal Australians 
D) East Asians

Question 7

The hominid skeleton (LB1) recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores

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A) has a very small brain, less than 400 cc. 
B) lived there about 18,000 yBP. 
C) stood about three feet tall in life. 
D) all of the above. 
A) has a very small brain, less than 400 cc. 
B) lived there about 18,000 yBP. 
C) stood about three feet tall in life. 
D) all of the above.

Question 8

The archeological period in Europe starting about 35,000 yBP, marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art, is called the

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A) later Stone Age. 
B) Upper Paleolithic period. 
C) Neolithic period. 
D) Eurocentric period. 
A) later Stone Age. 
B) Upper Paleolithic period. 
C) Neolithic period. 
D) Eurocentric period.

Question 9

Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are Old World sites that contain the remains of

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A) Homo erectus. 
B) modern Homo sapiens. 
C) archaic Homo sapiens. 
D) Neandertals. 
A) Homo erectus. 
B) modern Homo sapiens. 
C) archaic Homo sapiens. 
D) Neandertals.

Question 10

The first European Upper Paleolithic site where anatomically modern human fossils were discovered was

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A) Atapuerca, Spain. 
B) Mauer, Germany. 
C) Petralona, Greece. 
D) Cro-Magnon, France. 
A) Atapuerca, Spain. 
B) Mauer, Germany. 
C) Petralona, Greece. 
D) Cro-Magnon, France.

Question 11

After conducting genetic analysis of a newly found fossil of an early modern Homo sapiens, you find that several nucleotide sequences are the same as those documented in Neandertals.You know that this

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A) suggests that the only possible explanation for the origins of modern humans is the out-of-Africa theory. 
B) can be used as evidence to support both the out-of-Africa model and assimilation models for modern human origins. 
C) is evidence that supports assimilation and multiregional evolution models for modern human evolution. 
D) provides evidence that none of the working models of modern human origins are appropriate based on the gene flow documented in these results. 
A) suggests that the only possible explanation for the origins of modern humans is the out-of-Africa theory. 
B) can be used as evidence to support both the out-of-Africa model and assimilation models for modern human origins. 
C) is evidence that supports assimilation and multiregional evolution models for modern human evolution. 
D) provides evidence that none of the working models of modern human origins are appropriate based on the gene flow documented in these results.

Question 12

In the early twentieth century, Marcellin Boule's reconstruction of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal skeleton led many scientists to believe

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A) that these hominids were almost indistinguishable from modern people. 
B) that these hominids were evolutionary dead ends. 
C) that these hominids had similar brain sizes to modern people. 
D) that these hominids were our ancestors. 
A) that these hominids were almost indistinguishable from modern people. 
B) that these hominids were evolutionary dead ends. 
C) that these hominids had similar brain sizes to modern people. 
D) that these hominids were our ancestors.

Question 13

Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools, usually associated with Neandertals, are called the

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A) Mousterian. 
B) Gravettian. 
C) Solutrean. 
D) Acheulean. 
A) Mousterian. 
B) Gravettian. 
C) Solutrean. 
D) Acheulean.

Question 14

The Neandertals are last recorded in the fossil record about

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A) 250,000 yBP. 
B) 100,000 yBP. 
C) 75,000 yBP. 
D) 30,000 yBP. 
A) 250,000 yBP. 
B) 100,000 yBP. 
C) 75,000 yBP. 
D) 30,000 yBP.

Question 15

What evidence has led scientists to conclude that Neandertals differ more from modern humans than any one modern group differs from any other?

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A) skeletal 
B) mtDNA 
C) nuclear DNA 
D) dental 
A) skeletal 
B) mtDNA 
C) nuclear DNA 
D) dental

Question 16

What "symbolic" behavior is evident in the archeological record and associated with anatomically modern humans in Europe beginning around 35,000 yBP (Upper Paleolithic)?

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From the perspective of European archaeo

Question 17

Analyses of modern human genetic variation suggest that Homo sapiens evolved approximately

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A) 50,000 yBP. 
B) 200,000 yBP. 
C) 750,000 yBP. 
D) 1 million yBP. 
A) 50,000 yBP. 
B) 200,000 yBP. 
C) 750,000 yBP. 
D) 1 million yBP.

Question 18

Anthropologist Chris Ruff's research has shown that adaptation to heat and to cold is strongly related to which of the following?

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A) overall height 
B) body width 
C) leg length 
D) arm length 
A) overall height 
B) body width 
C) leg length 
D) arm length

Question 19

All of the following traits suggest cold adaptation for Neandertals except

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A) a narrow nasal aperture. 
B) short limbs. 
C) a wide torso. 
D) a projecting midface. 
A) a narrow nasal aperture. 
B) short limbs. 
C) a wide torso. 
D) a projecting midface.

Question 20

The middle Pleistocene archaic Homo sapiens is credited with inventing

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A) prepared core "points" that may have been hafted to spear shafts. 
B) the Acheulean tradition. 
C) cave art. 
D) the alphabet. 
A) prepared core "points" that may have been hafted to spear shafts. 
B) the Acheulean tradition. 
C) cave art. 
D) the alphabet.

According to the out-of-Africa model, the transition from archaic to modern Homo sapiens

Archaic Homo sapiens display several primitive features found in

From where was the archaic cranium, the Narmada skull, recovered?

Analysis of stress markers in dentition indicate that Neandertals

Which model of modern human origins would predict the likely discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils?

Which modern human population exhibits the greatest genetic diversity today?

The hominid skeleton (LB1) recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores

The archeological period in Europe starting about 35,000 yBP, marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art, is called the

Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are Old World sites that contain the remains of

The first European Upper Paleolithic site where anatomically modern human fossils were discovered was

After conducting genetic analysis of a newly found fossil of an early modern Homo sapiens, you find that several nucleotide sequences are the same as those documented in Neandertals.You know that this

In the early twentieth century, Marcellin Boule's reconstruction of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal skeleton led many scientists to believe

Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools, usually associated with Neandertals, are called the

The Neandertals are last recorded in the fossil record about

What evidence has led scientists to conclude that Neandertals differ more from modern humans than any one modern group differs from any other?

What "symbolic" behavior is evident in the archeological record and associated with anatomically modern humans in Europe beginning around 35,000 yBP (Upper Paleolithic)?

Analyses of modern human genetic variation suggest that Homo sapiens evolved approximately

Anthropologist Chris Ruff's research has shown that adaptation to heat and to cold is strongly related to which of the following?

All of the following traits suggest cold adaptation for Neandertals except

The middle Pleistocene archaic Homo sapiens is credited with inventing

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Exam 12: The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

According to the out-of-Africa model, the transition from archaic to modern Homo sapiens

Archaic Homo sapiens display several primitive features found in

From where was the archaic cranium, the Narmada skull, recovered?

Analysis of stress markers in dentition indicate that Neandertals

Which model of modern human origins would predict the likely discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils?

Which modern human population exhibits the greatest genetic diversity today?

The hominid skeleton (LB1) recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores

The archeological period in Europe starting about 35,000 yBP, marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art, is called the

Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are Old World sites that contain the remains of

The first European Upper Paleolithic site where anatomically modern human fossils were discovered was

After conducting genetic analysis of a newly found fossil of an early modern Homo sapiens, you find that several nucleotide sequences are the same as those documented in Neandertals.You know that this

In the early twentieth century, Marcellin Boule's reconstruction of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal skeleton led many scientists to believe

Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools, usually associated with Neandertals, are called the

The Neandertals are last recorded in the fossil record about

What evidence has led scientists to conclude that Neandertals differ more from modern humans than any one modern group differs from any other?

What "symbolic" behavior is evident in the archeological record and associated with anatomically modern humans in Europe beginning around 35,000 yBP (Upper Paleolithic)?

Analyses of modern human genetic variation suggest that Homo sapiens evolved approximately

Anthropologist Chris Ruff's research has shown that adaptation to heat and to cold is strongly related to which of the following?

All of the following traits suggest cold adaptation for Neandertals except

The middle Pleistocene archaic Homo sapiens is credited with inventing

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

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Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Primate Origins and Evolution: the First 50 Million Years

Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: the Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and Biology

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