Exam 2: Human Evolution

How did the culture of the Upper Paleolithic period differ from what came before? Discuss the specific innovations of this period.

When was North America first populated and by whom? What kind of archaeological evidence do we have for the first Native American?

What do the changes in stone tools over time reveal about changes in the humans who were making them? How were the styles of tools and their methods of manufacture affected by changes in human behavior?

The remains of four individuals, one of whom appears to have been surrounded by a bed of flowers, represent the first evidence of intentional burial. They were found at an archaeological site in:

The replacement model or "Eve Hypothesis" suggests that modern Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and then migrated to other areas of the world, replacing the in?digenous populations such as the Neandertals.

How was the material culture of Homo sapiens affected by climatic change?

The term "Paleolithic" also means:

The theory of natural selection was arrived at simultaneously and independently by two different scholars.

In your opinion, what would have been the principal factors responsible for grad?ual increases in the size of human brains?

The earliest stone tools, which have been found in south and east Africa, are called __________ tools.

Most cultures have developed sophisticated ideas and myths to provide answers to fundamental questions such as: "Who are we?", "Where did we come from?", and "Why are we here?" These conceptual frameworks that present the universe as an orderly system and answer these basic questions are called __________.

Paleolithic hunters and gatherers lived mostly in marginal areas, such as dry desert regions.

In the religious tradition of Taoism, the spiritual and material sources for the origins of humans are the opposite forces of yin (female) and yang (male).

According to the fossil evidence, the first hominids to migrate out of Africa were the Neandertals.

What made Homo erectus different from earlier members of the genus Homo?

Should contemporary models of human evolution be classified as origin myths? Why, or why not?

The __________________ model of hominid evolution suggests that the gradual evolution of Homo erectus into modern human (Homo sapiens) populations took place in different regions of the Old World, not in one area of the world.

Describe the specific changes in chipped stone tools that characterized the evolution of technology from the Oldowan to the Acheulian, Mousterian, and Upper Paleolithic periods.

Fossil and archaeological evidence suggests that the first hominids to practice intentional burial of their dead were:

What is natural selection and how does it operate/work? Give an example of natural selection in action.