Question 1

Since abundant remains of animal bones are found at their sites paleoanthropologists have described Neandertals as

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A)  successful hunters and therefore efficient mastodon hunters. 
B)  successful small game hunters, but not necessarily as successful large game hunters as modern humans. 
C)  never gathering shellfish. 
D)  less prone to head and neck injuries. 
E)  possessing long-distance weaponry. 
A)  successful hunters and therefore efficient mastodon hunters. 
B)  successful small game hunters, but not necessarily as successful large game hunters as modern humans. 
C)  never gathering shellfish. 
D)  less prone to head and neck injuries. 
E)  possessing long-distance weaponry.

Question 2

Different stone tool industries coexisted in some areas for long periods during the Middle Pleistocene.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The majority of Neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been most studied.

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A)  South America 
B)  Asia 
C)  India 
D)  Africa 
E)  Europe 
A)  South America 
B)  Asia 
C)  India 
D)  Africa 
E)  Europe

Question 4

During glacial peaks, much of western Europe would have been

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A)  cut off from the rest of Eurasia 
B)  covered with desert 
C)  covered with rain forests 
D)  unaffected 
E)  glacial peaks did not occur outside of Africa 
A)  cut off from the rest of Eurasia 
B)  covered with desert 
C)  covered with rain forests 
D)  unaffected 
E)  glacial peaks did not occur outside of Africa

Question 5

Premodern Homo sapiens continued to live in caves and open-air sites, but may also have increased their use of caves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Mousterian culture evidences all of the following except

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A)  more complex burials, with the body's position deliberately modified 
B)  use of pigment, perhaps as body decoration, and jewelry 
C)  natural pigments deliberately applied to shells and animal bones 
D)  clear distinctions between Neandertals and early modern humans. 
E)  An expanded range of foods to include marine resources 
A)  more complex burials, with the body's position deliberately modified 
B)  use of pigment, perhaps as body decoration, and jewelry 
C)  natural pigments deliberately applied to shells and animal bones 
D)  clear distinctions between Neandertals and early modern humans. 
E)  An expanded range of foods to include marine resources

Question 7

Homo heidelbergensis refers to finds from China dating to between 850,000 and 200,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Neandertal brain size

Accepted Answer

A)  was smaller, on average, than that of modern humans 
B)  was larger, on average, than that of modern humans 
C)  was smaller, on average, than that of Homo erectus 
D)  averaged about 2,500 cm3 
E)  averaged about 1,100 cm3 
A)  was smaller, on average, than that of modern humans 
B)  was larger, on average, than that of modern humans 
C)  was smaller, on average, than that of Homo erectus 
D)  averaged about 2,500 cm3 
E)  averaged about 1,100 cm3

Question 9

There is some evidence to suggest that Neandertals accomplished all of the following except

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A)  experienced injuries while hunting 
B)  had language capabilities equivalent to modern humans 
C)  buried their dead 
D)  were capable of symbolic behavior 
E)  adapted to a cold environment 
A)  experienced injuries while hunting 
B)  had language capabilities equivalent to modern humans 
C)  buried their dead 
D)  were capable of symbolic behavior 
E)  adapted to a cold environment

Question 10

Shanidar cave is extraordinary in that an individual in the burial

Accepted Answer

A)  is the only Neandertal remains found Israel. 
B)  evidences a skull having received a crushing blow, probably causing blindness, and a blow to the right side rendering the right arm useless. 
C)  is without the right lower arm and hand, demonstrating the results of poor preservation. 
D)  is an ancient member of an extinct social group in Iraq. 
E)  lived to approximately 80 years of age. 
A)  is the only Neandertal remains found Israel. 
B)  evidences a skull having received a crushing blow, probably causing blindness, and a blow to the right side rendering the right arm useless. 
C)  is without the right lower arm and hand, demonstrating the results of poor preservation. 
D)  is an ancient member of an extinct social group in Iraq. 
E)  lived to approximately 80 years of age.

Question 11

List two pieces of genetic evidence that will help determine when fully human language first emerged.

Accepted Answer

1. FOXP2 gene: The FOXP2 gene has been i

Question 12

Recent genetic evidence confirms that some interbreeding took place between Neandertals and H. sapiens sometime between 80,000 and 50,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Evidence of Premodern Homo sapiens crania that show possible evidence of cannibalism in the form of cut marks is represented at

Accepted Answer

A)  Broken Hill 
B)  Tabun 
C)  Bodo 
D)  La Chapelle 
E)  Swanscombe 
A)  Broken Hill 
B)  Tabun 
C)  Bodo 
D)  La Chapelle 
E)  Swanscombe

Question 14

Chinese archaeologists point out that Chinese premodern H. sapiens specimens show no indications of genetic continuity with modern H. sapiens from China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Chinese paleoanthropologists argue that Asian premodern human fossils evidence both earlier and later characteristics. The more ancestral traits include

Accepted Answer

A)  very large cranial capacities 
B)  a sagittal ridge 
C)  less flattened nasal bones 
D)  thin walls of the braincase 
E)  features that unquestionably substantiate that anatomically modern migrants from Africa displaced local populations 
A)  very large cranial capacities 
B)  a sagittal ridge 
C)  less flattened nasal bones 
D)  thin walls of the braincase 
E)  features that unquestionably substantiate that anatomically modern migrants from Africa displaced local populations

Question 16

The tool technology of premodern Homo sapiens in the Middle Pleistocene

Accepted Answer

A)  carried over from the Acheulian tools of Homo erectus with little change until near the end of the period 
B)  continued to be mainly the Oldowan tradition 
C)  incorporated the sophisticated use of bone 
D)  discontinued the use of stone flakes 
E)  was the Levallois technique in Southwest Asia 
A)  carried over from the Acheulian tools of Homo erectus with little change until near the end of the period 
B)  continued to be mainly the Oldowan tradition 
C)  incorporated the sophisticated use of bone 
D)  discontinued the use of stone flakes 
E)  was the Levallois technique in Southwest Asia

Question 17

The main effect of fluctuating climates in Africa during the Pleistocene was to change rainfall patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The sum of the genetic, fossil, and archaeological evidence suggests that Neandertals

Accepted Answer

A)  are closely related to modern humans 
B)  are a fully separate biological species 
C)  were probably incapable of fertilely interbreeding with modern humans 
D)  represent several points in the dynamic process of speciation 
E)  were not successful hominins 
A)  are closely related to modern humans 
B)  are a fully separate biological species 
C)  were probably incapable of fertilely interbreeding with modern humans 
D)  represent several points in the dynamic process of speciation 
E)  were not successful hominins

Question 19

Discuss the capability to conduct MtDNA analyses of fossil skeletal remains. What contributions to the understanding of what it means to be human will this capability have in the future?

Accepted Answer

The capability to conduct MtDNA analyses

Question 20

List the similarities between early premodern Homo sapiens fossils and Homo erectus.

Accepted Answer

Early premodern Homo sapiens, often refe

Since abundant remains of animal bones are found at their sites paleoanthropologists have described Neandertals as

Different stone tool industries coexisted in some areas for long periods during the Middle Pleistocene.

The majority of Neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been most studied.

During glacial peaks, much of western Europe would have been

Premodern Homo sapiens continued to live in caves and open-air sites, but may also have increased their use of caves.

Mousterian culture evidences all of the following except

Homo heidelbergensis refers to finds from China dating to between 850,000 and 200,000 years ago.

Neandertal brain size

There is some evidence to suggest that Neandertals accomplished all of the following except

Shanidar cave is extraordinary in that an individual in the burial

List two pieces of genetic evidence that will help determine when fully human language first emerged.

Recent genetic evidence confirms that some interbreeding took place between Neandertals and H. sapiens sometime between 80,000 and 50,000.

Evidence of Premodern Homo sapiens crania that show possible evidence of cannibalism in the form of cut marks is represented at

Chinese archaeologists point out that Chinese premodern H. sapiens specimens show no indications of genetic continuity with modern H. sapiens from China.

Chinese paleoanthropologists argue that Asian premodern human fossils evidence both earlier and later characteristics. The more ancestral traits include

The tool technology of premodern Homo sapiens in the Middle Pleistocene

The main effect of fluctuating climates in Africa during the Pleistocene was to change rainfall patterns.

The sum of the genetic, fossil, and archaeological evidence suggests that Neandertals

Discuss the capability to conduct MtDNA analyses of fossil skeletal remains. What contributions to the understanding of what it means to be human will this capability have in the future?

List the similarities between early premodern Homo sapiens fossils and Homo erectus.

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The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life Connections

Heredity and Evolution

Processes of Macroevolution

An Overview of the Primates

Primate Behavior

Primate and Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Human Variation and Adaptation

Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Individual

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Exam 10: Premodern Humans

Since abundant remains of animal bones are found at their sites paleoanthropologists have described Neandertals as

Different stone tool industries coexisted in some areas for long periods during the Middle Pleistocene.

The majority of Neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been most studied.

During glacial peaks, much of western Europe would have been

Premodern Homo sapiens continued to live in caves and open-air sites, but may also have increased their use of caves.

Mousterian culture evidences all of the following except

Homo heidelbergensis refers to finds from China dating to between 850,000 and 200,000 years ago.

Neandertal brain size

There is some evidence to suggest that Neandertals accomplished all of the following except

Shanidar cave is extraordinary in that an individual in the burial

List two pieces of genetic evidence that will help determine when fully human language first emerged.

Recent genetic evidence confirms that some interbreeding took place between Neandertals and H. sapiens sometime between 80,000 and 50,000.

Evidence of Premodern Homo sapiens crania that show possible evidence of cannibalism in the form of cut marks is represented at

Chinese archaeologists point out that Chinese premodern H. sapiens specimens show no indications of genetic continuity with modern H. sapiens from China.

Chinese paleoanthropologists argue that Asian premodern human fossils evidence both earlier and later characteristics. The more ancestral traits include

The tool technology of premodern Homo sapiens in the Middle Pleistocene

The main effect of fluctuating climates in Africa during the Pleistocene was to change rainfall patterns.

The sum of the genetic, fossil, and archaeological evidence suggests that Neandertals

Discuss the capability to conduct MtDNA analyses of fossil skeletal remains. What contributions to the understanding of what it means to be human will this capability have in the future?

List the similarities between early premodern Homo sapiens fossils and Homo erectus.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life Connections

Heredity and Evolution

Processes of Macroevolution

An Overview of the Primates

Primate Behavior

Primate and Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Human Variation and Adaptation

Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Individual

The Human Disconnection

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