Question 1

African Homo erectus cranial features include:

Accepted Answer

A) thick cranial bones. 
B) small browridges. 
C) a rounded skull. 
D) a sagittal crest. 
A) thick cranial bones. 
B) small browridges. 
C) a rounded skull. 
D) a sagittal crest.

Question 2

The discoverer of Pithecanthropus erectus was:

Accepted Answer

A) Eugene Dubois. 
B) Time White. 
C) Behane Asfaw. 
D) Yohannes Haile-Selassie. 
A) Eugene Dubois. 
B) Time White. 
C) Behane Asfaw. 
D) Yohannes Haile-Selassie.

Question 3

The discoverer of Homo erectus was:

Accepted Answer

A) Louis Leakey. 
B) Richard Leakey. 
C) Eugène Dubois. 
D) Ernst Haeckel. 
A) Louis Leakey. 
B) Richard Leakey. 
C) Eugène Dubois. 
D) Ernst Haeckel.

Question 4

The first evidence of modern human traits, including increasing brain size and dependence on material culture, shows up in:

Accepted Answer

A) Homo erectus. 
B) Homo sapiens. 
C) Homo neanderthalensis. 
D) Homo habilis. 
A) Homo erectus. 
B) Homo sapiens. 
C) Homo neanderthalensis. 
D) Homo habilis.

Question 5

The earliest fossil evidence of Homo erectus in Western Europe dates to about:

Accepted Answer

A) 1.7 mya. 
B) 1.2 mya. 
C) 500,000 yBP. 
D) 800,000 yBP. 
A) 1.7 mya. 
B) 1.2 mya. 
C) 500,000 yBP. 
D) 800,000 yBP.

Question 6

The Homo erectus fossil from Sangiran, Java, dates to:

Accepted Answer

A) 800,000 yBP. 
B) 1.2-1.0 mya. 
C) 1.8-1.6 mya. 
D) 2.2-2.0 mya. 
A) 800,000 yBP. 
B) 1.2-1.0 mya. 
C) 1.8-1.6 mya. 
D) 2.2-2.0 mya.

African Homo erectus cranial features include:

The discoverer of Pithecanthropus erectus was:

The discoverer of Homo erectus was:

The first evidence of modern human traits, including increasing brain size and dependence on material culture, shows up in:

The earliest fossil evidence of Homo erectus in Western Europe dates to about:

The Homo erectus fossil from Sangiran, Java, dates to:

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Exam 11: The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

African Homo erectus cranial features include:

The discoverer of Pithecanthropus erectus was:

The discoverer of Homo erectus was:

The first evidence of modern human traits, including increasing brain size and dependence on material culture, shows up in:

The earliest fossil evidence of Homo erectus in Western Europe dates to about:

The Homo erectus fossil from Sangiran, Java, dates to:

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

Biology in the Present: the Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Primate Origins and Evolution: the First 50 Million Years

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: the Roots of Humanity

The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

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

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