Question 1

Upper Pleistocene premodern Homo sapiens that have their evolutionary roots in western Europe include

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens sapiens 
B)  anatomically modern humans 
C)  Neandertals 
D)  Homo ergaster 
E)  late Homo erectus 
A)  Homo sapiens sapiens 
B)  anatomically modern humans 
C)  Neandertals 
D)  Homo ergaster 
E)  late Homo erectus

Question 2

The genetic evidence from Neandertal remains that is used in studying most Neandertal fossils is in the form of

Accepted Answer

A)  ribosomal information 
B)  nuclear DNA 
C)  mtDNA 
D)  all of these 
E)  a and b only 
A)  ribosomal information 
B)  nuclear DNA 
C)  mtDNA 
D)  all of these 
E)  a and b only

Question 3

Neandertals are a fully separate biological species from modern humans and therefore theoretically incapable of fertilely interbreeding with modern people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

One interpretation of the genetic evidence is that the intermixing of the Neandertal and the modern human lineages

Accepted Answer

A)  never occurred 
B)  occurred between 2 million and 1 million years ago 
C)  occurred between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago 
D)  occurred between 690,000 and 550,000 years ago 
E)  will be impossible to determine. 
A)  never occurred 
B)  occurred between 2 million and 1 million years ago 
C)  occurred between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago 
D)  occurred between 690,000 and 550,000 years ago 
E)  will be impossible to determine.

Question 5

List five major characteristics of Middle Pleistocene culture.

Accepted Answer

1. Use of fire: Middle Pleistocene cultu

Upper Pleistocene premodern Homo sapiens that have their evolutionary roots in western Europe include

The genetic evidence from Neandertal remains that is used in studying most Neandertal fossils is in the form of

Neandertals are a fully separate biological species from modern humans and therefore theoretically incapable of fertilely interbreeding with modern people.

One interpretation of the genetic evidence is that the intermixing of the Neandertal and the modern human lineages

List five major characteristics of Middle Pleistocene culture.

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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Exam 10: Premodern Humans

Upper Pleistocene premodern Homo sapiens that have their evolutionary roots in western Europe include

The genetic evidence from Neandertal remains that is used in studying most Neandertal fossils is in the form of

Neandertals are a fully separate biological species from modern humans and therefore theoretically incapable of fertilely interbreeding with modern people.

One interpretation of the genetic evidence is that the intermixing of the Neandertal and the modern human lineages

List five major characteristics of Middle Pleistocene culture.

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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