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Chapter 12: The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

Question 1 of 23

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What distinguishes early archaic Homo Sapiens from Homo Erectus?

Select one of the following:

  • presence in Asia and Europe

  • loss of large browridges

  • development of a projecting chin

  • reduction in skeletal robusticity

Explanation

Question 2 of 23

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What aspect of Neandertal culture supports their intelligence?

Select one of the following:

  • their simpler Mousterian stone

  • inefficient hunting techniques

  • no communicating by speech

  • symbolic burial rituals

Explanation

Question 3 of 23

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Modern Homo Sapiens most likely evolved

Select one of the following:

  • from archaic Homo Sapiens already living in Africa, Asia, and Europe

  • in Africa and replaced archaic Homo Sapiens in Asia and Europe

  • in Asia and Europe and replaced archaic Homo Sapiens in Africa

  • in Africa and assimilated archaic Homo Sapiens in Asia and Europe

Explanation

Question 4 of 23

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How did modern Homo Sapiens reach North and South America?

Select one of the following:

  • They crossed the Pacific Ocean from Austrailia

  • They migrated from Southeast Asia via the Pacific islands

  • They migrated from northeastern Asia along the Bering land bridge

  • They traveled from southern Africa through Antarctica

Explanation

Question 5 of 23

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Homo Floresiensis has not been proposed to be

Select one of the following:

  • a modern human with a developmental abnormality

  • within the range of variation of local human populations

  • an isolated descendant of an earlier hominin species

  • a descendant of modern humans

Explanation

Question 6 of 23

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Archaic Homo sapiens

Select one of the following:

  • occurs only in Europe and Asia.

  • shows a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits.

  • is dated to the late Pliocene.

  • is often found with Oldowan stone tools.

Explanation

Question 7 of 23

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The earliest archaeological evidence of humans in Australia is from ________, dating to ________ yBP.

Select one of the following:

  • Kow Swamp; 13,000

  • Lake Mungo; 42,000

  • Melbourne; 25,000

  • Tasmania; 35,000

Explanation

Question 8 of 23

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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.

Select one of the following:

  • modern

  • australopithecine

  • archaic

  • apelike

Explanation

Question 9 of 23

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The Homo floresiensis specimen

Select one of the following:

  • had a small brain due to a pathology.

  • lived about 20,000 yBP.

  • is the result of genetic drift.

  • fits Allen’s rule in body proportions.

Explanation

Question 10 of 23

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Neandertals’ cold-adapted traits include

Select one of the following:

  • a narrow nasal aperture.

  • long limbs.

  • a thin torso.

  • a projecting midface.

Explanation

Question 11 of 23

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Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals

Select one of the following:

  • traded with modern humans.

  • used body ornaments.

  • used symbolism.

  • used body ornaments and symbolism.

Explanation

Question 12 of 23

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The MOST distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are

Select one of the following:

  • the suprainiac fossa and globular shape of the skull.

  • thick bones and extra muscles.

  • the body and the length of the arms and legs.

  • the retromolar space and heavy wearing on the teeth.

Explanation

Question 13 of 23

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If you happen to get on a bus full of Neandertals, according to recent reconstructions, you

Select one of the following:

  • would not notice, if they were dressed in appropriate attire.

  • would be immediately cannibalized.

  • could easily tell that you were sitting with a group of hominins that were of a different species or subspecies.

  • would have the largest brain on the bus.

Explanation

Question 14 of 23

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The best fossil evidence to suggest that Neandertals could produce a language like that of modern humans comes from which bone(s) collected at Kebara, Israel?

Select one of the following:

  • the cervical (neck) vertebrae

  • the mandible

  • the ribs

  • the hyoid

Explanation

Question 15 of 23

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To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in

Select one of the following:

  • India.

  • Europe and western Asia.

  • northern Africa.

  • southeast Asia.

Explanation

Question 16 of 23

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The Neandertal world included

Select one of the following:

  • North Africa, East Africa, and Europe.

  • western Europe only.

  • the entire Mediterranean region in Europe and North Africa.

  • most of western Europe (France, Spain), the entire European Mediterranean, and western Asia.

Explanation

Question 17 of 23

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The Neandertals’ disappearance after 30,000 yBP likely involved

Select one of the following:

  • a measurable degree of genetic assimilation into modern human (African) populations.

  • isolation into small groups that eventually disappeared one by one.

  • rapid extinction due to climate change.

  • migration into parts of Asia where they were not well adapted, and thus, died out.

Explanation

Question 18 of 23

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In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating

Select one of the following:

  • the use of the front teeth for gripping materials.

  • the purposeful modification of teeth to demonstrate social rank, as with the Aztecs.

  • their use for shaping the cutting edges of stone blades.

  • the chewing of massive amounts of fibrous materials.

Explanation

Question 19 of 23

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The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick indicates that it

Select one of the following:

  • was recovered from an elaborate burial.

  • represents an early Eskimo population.

  • looks quite different from modern Native Americans’ skulls.

  • is about 3,000 years old.

Explanation

Question 20 of 23

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Cannibalism was

Select one of the following:

  • practiced by Neandertals but not modern humans.

  • practiced by modern humans but not Neandertals.

  • not practiced by any form of Homo sapiens.

  • practiced by Neandertals and modern Homo sapiens.

Explanation

Question 21 of 23

1

A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is

Select one of the following:

  • shovel-shaped incisors.

  • a large nose.

  • thick, long bones.

  • extra muscles on the scapula.

Explanation

Question 22 of 23

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The out-of-Africa model asserts

Select one of the following:

  • a single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.

  • the importance of gene flow across population boundaries.

  • migrations of australopithecines out of Africa.

  • migrations of Homo habilis out of Africa.

Explanation

Question 23 of 23

1

Human beings first arrived in the Americas approximately ________ yBP.

Select one of the following:

  • 50,000

  • 25,000

  • 15,000

  • 5,000

Explanation

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