ANT 2511 Exam 4 Practice Test Questions – Flashcards
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Homo habilis and Homo erectus belong to the same____.
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Genus
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Homo habilis used which type of tools?
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Oldowan stone tools
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Homo habilis compared to the Australopithecines had a____ ____.
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Larger brain
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The first hominid to migrate out of Africa was_____.
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Homo erectus
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Which physical trait characterized Homo erectus as compared to earlier hominids?
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Bigger brain, Taller stature
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Eugène Dubois found fossils of Homo erectus in____.
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Java
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____ is famous for almost complete Homo erectus skeleton.
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Nariokotome
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Earliest evidence of Homo erectus outside of Africa in Western Asia in the Republic of Georgia which some people consider "southeast Europe"
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Dmanisi
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The Homo erectus Zhoukoudian site is important because____of____was found.
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Evidence of fire
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The earliest Homo erectus-like hominid in Western Europe was____ ____.
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Gran Dolina
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Where are the Atapuerca sites?
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Spain
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Homo antecessor was found at____ ____.
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Gran Dolina
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Homo erectus is associated with _____technology.
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Acheulian
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There are many species of Archaic Homo sapiens.
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False
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Early Archaic Homo sapiens evolved from____ ____.
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Homo Erectus
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The first modern Homo sapiens fossils were found in Europe.
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False, Africa.
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According to the "Multiregional Continuity" Homo sapiens evolved in Africa first and replaced the populations at other regions.
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False, no replacement occurred.
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Which hypothesis explaining origins of modern Homo sapiens involves complete "replacement"?
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Out of Africa
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The Kabwe and Bodo sites have fossils of the____ _____Homo sapiens in Africa.
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Early Archaic
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Kebera, Tabun, and Shandiar are Neandertal sites in Europe.
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False, Asia.
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A characteristic of the Sima de los Huesos fossil is a projecting face.
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True
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Neandertal is a____ Archaic Homo sapien.
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Late
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Neandertal adaptations to a cold climate include both a small nose and small infraorbital foramina.
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False, large nose and large infraorbital foramina.
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The____were the earliest Neandertals in Europe.
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Kaprina
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The La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal showed primitive features.
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True
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The Mousterian tradition dates to____Paleolithic.
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Middle
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"Levallois" is an important cave art site in France.
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False, it is a technique for making stone tools.
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Areas where Neandertals contributed to the gene pool include: Europe and parts of Asia but NOT Africa.
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True
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____ is the Middle Paleolithic stone tool tradition associated with Neandertals.
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Mousterian
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Neandertal's teeth provide Fossil evidence of the ability to speak.
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True
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The Neandertal fossils have only been found in western Europe.
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False,
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The usual explanation for Neandertal body shape is ____ ____.
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cold adaption
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The Magdalenian and Solutrean are Middle Paleolithic.
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False, Upper.
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First modern Homo sapiens evolved in Africa.
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True
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Omo, Herto, and Klasies River Mouth Cave sites are located in____.
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Africa
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The Early modern site of Herto is known for____by____ ____.
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dating by geological context
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The Lagar Velho fossil is known for____ _____.
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Neandertal features
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The Cro-magnon fossils were found in____.
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France
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Cultural transitions to modern behavior happened first in Africa.
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True
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The Katanda site is located in____.
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Africa
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Modern behaviors include advanced____technology for manufacturing stone tools.
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blade
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Neandertal DNA is NOT found in African populations.
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True
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Studies of living people's genetic record show more genetic diversity in Africa.
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True
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Homo floresiensis was shorter than Homo erectus.
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True
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Lake Mungo fossils are oldest hominids of____.
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Australia
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"Beringia" refers to a Late Pleistocene land bridge between Africa and North America.
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False, it is a land bride between Asia and N. America.
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Paleoindians were the first inhabitants of North America and are known for hunting now extinct____.
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megafauna
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The projectile points of the Clovis and Folsom cultures are described as____.
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Fluted
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____ is the more recent geological time period when agricultural began.
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Holocene
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The Neolithic ("new stone age") culture is known for____.
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Domestication
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The shift to agriculture (plant domestication) occurred only in one area of the world.
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False
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The "fertile crescent" is an arch-shaped zone with sites documenting the development of early farming villages and is located in____ ____.
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Southwest Asia
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A decrease in human population is considered a probable cause for the shift to agriculture.
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False, an increase.
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Catal Hoyuk was one of the earliest agricultural villages in Southwest Asia.
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True
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Rice and other grains are called____.
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Superfoods
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Agricultural practices decreased human fertility.
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False
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The earliest environmental degradation began as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
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False, Agricultural Revolution.
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The "masticatory-functional" theory states that changes in skull form are a response to decreased demands on the chewing muscles.
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True
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The Ju'hoansi have shown that foragers work much more than agriculturalists.
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False
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Agriculture has____ ____nutrition.
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Not improved
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Much of global warming is the result of the increasing numbers of trees giving off greenhouse gases during photosynthesis and blocking normal atmospheric circulation with a canopy of excessive leaves.
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False
