Ant 251 Test 3
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- 1.What tool present in African specimens of Homo erectus is absent in Asian specimens?
- A.
Hand ax
- B.
Scraper
- C.
Chopper
- D.
None of the above
- 2.Australopithecus garhi is thought to be intermediate between
- A.
Australopithicus nutrani and homo erectus
- B.
Apes and hominins
- C.
Australopithecus afarensis and homo erectus
- D.
Paranthropus boisei and australopithecus africanus
- 3.Which of the following is NOT considered to be a robust australopithecine?
- A.
Australopithecus africanus
- B.
Australopithecus boisei
- C.
Australopithiecus robustus
- D.
Australopithecus aethiopicus
- 4.The Laetiolo footprints date to 3.7 mya. They are thought to have been made by....
- A.
Australopithecus africanus
- B.
Australopithiecus robustus
- C.
Australopithiecus afarensis
- D.
Kenyasnthropus platytops
- 5.The first homonin for which there is unquestioned evidence of bipedalism....
- A.
Australopithiecus anamensis
- B.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
- C.
Orrorin tugenensis
- D.
Ardipithecus kadabba
- 6.Specimens of Homo ergaster are from
- A.
Africa
- B.
East Carolina
- C.
Asia
- D.
Lizard Lick
- 7.The tool tradition of later Homo erectus is called
- A.
Oldowan
- B.
Acheulean
- C.
Archaic
- D.
Clovis
- 8.The Robust and gracile australopithecines differ mostly
- A.
In the size of their teeth
- B.
In the tools they used
- C.
In their cranial capacity
- D.
In how tall they were
- 9.In Homo habilis wasn't the direct ancestor of Homo erectus, who was?
- A.
Homo florensis
- B.
Homo ergaster
- C.
Homo rudolfensis
- D.
Homo Heildelbergensis
- 10.Which of the following had a "unibrow"
- A.
Homo erectus
- B.
Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
Homo heidelbergensis
- D.
All of the above
- 11.East African tools associated with Homo habilis
- A.
Oldowan pebble tools
- B.
Mousterian tools
- C.
Blades
- D.
Lavallois
- 12.Members of agricultural societies
- A.
Are generally less well nourished than hunter gatherers
- B.
Generally have more diseases than hunter gatherers
- C.
Have higher fertility than huntergatherers
- D.
All of the above.
- 13.Where do we find Neanderthal fossils? (other than museums)
- A.
Africa
- B.
Southeast Asia
- C.
Europe
- D.
All of the above
- 14.After what point in time do we find only modern Homo sapiens (with the possible exclusion of Homo florioensis)
- A.
28,000 ya
- B.
79,000 ya
- C.
100,000 ya
- D.
250,000 ya
- 15.Almost all members of the genus Australopithecus have cranial capacies
- A.
Similar to modern humans
- B.
Less than 500 cc
- C.
Over 600 cc
- D.
Smaller than a modern chimpanzee
- 16.In what epoch did the last members of Homo hiedelbergensis live
- A.
Miocene
- B.
Pliocene
- C.
Pleistocene
- D.
Holocene
- 17.How to we know Australopithecus anamensis walked upright?
- A.
From the position of the foramen magnum
- B.
From the leg bone
- C.
From the pelvis
- D.
We don't really know, we're just guessing
- 18.Type of cannibalism...
- A.
Missionary
- B.
Gustatory
- C.
Confectionary
- D.
Regulatory
- 19.What line separates the tool traditions of Afican and Asian Homo erectus?
- A.
Wallace's line
- B.
The equator
- C.
Movius Line
- D.
None of the above
- 20.How does a paleoanthropologist decide which fossiles make up a single paleospecies?
- A.
The ecology of strata in which they lived inferred from index fossils
- B.
The degree of variation among individuals as compared to that of a modern species
- C.
The proportions of arms and legs
- 21.The oldest specimen (so far) of modern homo sapiens was found in
- A.
Africa
- B.
Georgia
- C.
Israel and Iraq
- D.
Java
- 22.The muscle which arises on the cheek bone and inserts on the andle of the jaw
- A.
Temporalis
- B.
Sagital
- C.
Masseter
- D.
Buchal
- 23.Which tool is primarily associated with the Neanderthals?
- A.
Acheulian
- B.
Oldowan
- C.
Mousterian
- D.
Levallois
- 24.What group of hominids had cranial capacies larger than modern Homo sapians do?
- A.
Neanderthal
- B.
Robust Australopithecines
- C.
Gigantipithecus
- D.
Homo heidelbergensis
- 25.The idea of chronospecies implies
- A.
Anagenesis
- B.
Cladogenesis
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