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eandertal culture? Select one: a. They buried their dead. b. They left a profusion of objects made of bone, ivory, antler, and shell. c. Many of their dwellings have been excavated. d. All of the above Incorrect The correct answer is: They buried their dead. Which of the following is NOT considered one of the four important areas of hominin evolution? Select one: a. Bipedal locomotion b. Expanded brain c. Changes in dentition d. Loss of body fur Correct The correct answer is: Loss of body fur Primates that walk on two feet are now called Select one: a. Anthropoids b. Apes c. Hominoids Incorrect d. Hominins The correct answer is: Hominins Australopiths with small and lightly built faces are known as Select one: a. Ramidine australopiths b. Gracile australopiths Correct c. Robust australopiths d. Pygmy australopiths The correct answer is: Gracile australopiths Question 5 Denisovans and Neandertals Select one: a. Are very closely related b. Have a common ancestor Correct c. Evolved into modern humans in different places d. Came from Africa The correct answer is: Have a common ancestor Tools in which several different materials are combined to produce the final working implement are considered Select one: a. Composite Correct b. Flakes c. Blades d. Levallois The correct answer is: Composite The hypothesis that evolution from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens occurred gradually throughout the traditional range of H. Erectus is the Select one: a. Regional continuity model Correct b. Replacement model c. Asian origin model d. Mostly out-of-Africa model The correct answer is: Regional continuity model Question 8 Australopiths with rugged jaws, flat faces, and enormous molars are known as Select one: a. Ramidine australopiths b. Gracile australopiths c. Robust australopiths Correct d. Pygmy australopiths The correct answer is: Robust australopiths As it has become increasingly clear to paleoanthropologists that human beings are the product of mosaic evolution, Select one: a. They have begun to pay attention to the earliest common features that define "human nature" in distant human ancestors b. They are less willing to claim that a bundle of traits signifying "human nature" originated at one time among our distant ancestors c. They are increasingly supportive of the "man the hunter" scenario d. They are less willing to claim that either hunting or gathering was the force that drove the development of "human nature" in our distant ancestors Incorrect The correct answer is: They are less willing to claim that a bundle of traits signifying "human nature" originated at one time among our distant ancestors Contemporary taxonomists classify African apes and humans together as Select one: a. Anthropoids b. Hominoids Incorrect c. Hominids d. Hominins The correct answer is: Hominids
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According to taphonomists such as Richard Klein, the best evidence for Neandertal "humanity" is the fact that they Select one: a. Buried their dead b. Made a profusion of objects out of bone, ivory, antler, and shell c. Cared for the old and sick Correct d. Worshipped the cave bear The correct answer is: Cared for the old and sick The bones of the fingers and toes of A. afarensis are slightly curved, and the toes are much longer than the toes of modern human beings. This suggests to paleoanthropologists that Select one: a. The bipedalism of A. afarensis was even more efficient that that of modern human beings b. A. afarensis did not move with a full striding gait, as later hominins did c. A. afarensis retained significant tree-climbing ability Incorrect d. Both B and C The correct answer is: Both B and C The stone-tool tradition associated with Homo erectus characterized by stone bifaces is the Select one: a. Core Tradition b. Oldowan Tradition c. Acheulean Tradition Correct d. Flake Tradition The correct answer is: Acheulean Tradition Fossils of early Homo disappear around Select one: a. 10.8 million years ago b. 5.8 million years ago c. 1.8 million years ago Correct d. 85,000 years ago The correct answer is: 1.8 million years ago Question 6 If early human societies are modeled on twentieth-century foraging societies (such as that of the Ju/'hoansi of southern Africa), which of the following features would early human societies have possessed? Select one: a. Dependency on meat hunted by men for subsistence b. Dependency on vegetable foods foraged by women for subsistence c. A flexible form of kinship organization that recognized both the male and the female line Incorrect d. Both B and C The correct answer is: Both B and C Evidence for Neandertal hunting Select one: a. Includes bones of hoofed herd mammals at Mousterian sites b. Includes a wooden spears that date to the period when Neandertals were the only hominins in Europe c. Suggests that their diet does not seem to have differed much from that of the modern people who replaced them d. All of the above Correct The correct answer is: All of the above Which of the following statements describes Neandertal culture? Select one: a. They buried their dead. Correct b. They left a profusion of objects made of bone, ivory, antler, and shell. c. Many of their dwellings have been excavated. d. All of the above The correct answer is: They buried their dead. Taphonomists would probably conclude that hominins had scavenged meat from an animal carcass they did not kill if fossil animal bones Select one: a. Showed animal tooth marks on top of stone-tool cut marks b. Showed stone-tool cutmarks on top of animal tooth marks Correct c. And stone tools were found together in the same site d. Showed no sign of weathering The correct answer is: Showed stone-tool cutmarks on top of animal tooth marks

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