What distinguishes early archaic Homo Sapiens from Homo Erectus?
presence in Asia and Europe
loss of large browridges
development of a projecting chin
reduction in skeletal robusticity
What aspect of Neandertal culture supports their intelligence?
their simpler Mousterian stone
inefficient hunting techniques
no communicating by speech
symbolic burial rituals
Modern Homo Sapiens most likely evolved
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
How did modern Homo Sapiens reach North and South America?
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
Homo Floresiensis has not been proposed to be
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
Archaic Homo sapiens
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.
The earliest archaeological evidence of humans in Australia is from ________, dating to ________ yBP.
Kow Swamp; 13,000
Lake Mungo; 42,000
Melbourne; 25,000
Tasmania; 35,000
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.
modern
australopithecine
archaic
apelike
The Homo floresiensis specimen
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.
Neandertals’ cold-adapted traits include
a narrow nasal aperture.
long limbs.
a thin torso.
a projecting midface.
Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals
traded with modern humans.
used body ornaments.
used symbolism.
used body ornaments and symbolism.
The MOST distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are
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.
If you happen to get on a bus full of Neandertals, according to recent reconstructions, you
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.
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?
the cervical (neck) vertebrae
the mandible
the ribs
the hyoid
To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in
India.
Europe and western Asia.
northern Africa.
southeast Asia.
The Neandertal world included
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.
The Neandertals’ disappearance after 30,000 yBP likely involved
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.
In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating
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.
The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick indicates that it
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.
Cannibalism was
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.
A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is
shovel-shaped incisors.
a large nose.
thick, long bones.
extra muscles on the scapula.
The out-of-Africa model asserts
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.
Human beings first arrived in the Americas approximately ________ yBP.
50,000
25,000
15,000
5,000