Anthro Final Quiz 12 – Flashcards
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In the study of human evolution, scientists define modern in terms of
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A series of distinctive anatomical traits that contrast woth archaic traits from earlier hominins
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Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are sites where specimens of ___________ have been discovered
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Archaic Homo Sapiens
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Archaic Homo sapiens
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Shows a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits
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The last Neandertals date to
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32,000 yBP
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Analyses of modern human genetic variation indicate that Homo sapiens may have evolved approximately
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200,000 yBP
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Anatomically modern human fossils were discovered in the European Upper Paleolithic site of
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Cro-Magnon, France
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The multi regional continuity hypothesis supposes that
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The transition to modernity took place regionally and without involving replacement
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In Atapeura 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals specimen show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating
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The use of the front teeth for gripping materials
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Neandertals cold adapted traits include
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A projecting midface
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The Levallois method of stone tool production is associated with the
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Mousterin
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Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals
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Used body ornaments
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All fossils of archaic Homo sapiens and earlier Homo erectus show
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Both a and b
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The Herto skulls from Ethiopia
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Have a combination of archaic and modern features
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The earliest archaeological evidence of humans in Australia is from __________, dating to ____________
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Lake Mungo, 40,000 yBP
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A Hominid fossil that has a long, low skull, projecting face and occipital bone, and large nasal aperture is likely to be classified as having __________ characteristics
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Archaic
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Allen's and Bergmann's rules are perfect examples of natural selection effects on anatomical adaptations to environments in mammals. These include the limb and trunk proportions of
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Neandertals, modern human populations, and most mammals
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The transition to fully modern Homo sapiens was completed globally by about
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25,000 yBP
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The out-of-Africa model asserts
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A single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and europe
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Modern humans have
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A high vertical forehead, a round and tall skull, and small browridges
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To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in
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Europe and western asia
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The European archeological period that is marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art starting about 35,000 yBP is called the
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Upper Paleolithic period
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The best fossil evidence to suggest that Neandertals could produce a language like that of modern humans comes from which bones collected at Kebara, Israel
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The hyoid
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Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens has
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Both b and c
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The discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils supports which model of modern human origins?
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Assimilation
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The fossils called Homo floresiensis were dated to
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18,000 yBP
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Human beings first arrived in the americas approximately
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15,000 yBP
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A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the americas is
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Shovel-shaped incisors
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The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick that it
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Looks quite different from modern native Americans skulls
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SubSaharan Africans show the largest genetic diversity of any human population. This is likely to have resulted from the
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Accumulations of genetic mutations over time
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The most distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are
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The body and the length of the arms and legs
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According to Joe Apler(Rething Neandertals) which if the following did the Neandertals not share with the earlier human species, Homo erectus?
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Smaller brain size than that of modern humans
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According to Joe Apler(Rething Neandertals) Neandertals should be considered successful in the sense that
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All of the above
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According to Joe Apler(Rething Neandertals) when the glaciers moved in and edible plants became scarcer, the Neandertals
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Relied more heavily on large, hoofed animals for food
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According to Joe Apler(Rething Neandertals) which of the following is true
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All of the above
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According to Jill Neimark, which of the following represents a concensus regarding Flo (Homo floresiensis)? She was
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A direct descendant of Homo erectus
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As reported in "Meet Our New Human Family" the greatest shock regarding Flo (H. floresiensis) has to do with her
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Small brain, given the sophistication of the associated tools
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According to Jill Neimark in "Meet the New Human Family" anthropoligists today view the human lineage as
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A thickly branched bush comprised of many hominins each adapted to its own time and place
