opulation of Homo erectus in Africa about 500,000 years ago b. Hominin fossils from Europe and western Asia that apparently evolved from an earlier population of archaic Homo sapiens about 130,000 years ago Correct c. Hominin fossils from China that apparently evolved from an earlier population of Homo erectus about 1 million years ago d. Hominin fossils from Asia that apparently evolved from an earlier population of archaic Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago The correct answer is: Hominin fossils from Europe and western Asia that apparently evolved from an earlier population of archaic Homo sapiens about 130,000 years ago The hypothesis that anatomically modern hominins might have exchanged genes with more archaic populations they encountered after they left Africa is called the Select one: a. Regional continuity model Incorrect b. Replacement model c. Asian origin model d. Mostly out-of-Africa model The correct answer is: Mostly out-of-Africa model Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the skull of Homo erectus? Select one: a. Heavy brow ridges b. A cranial capacity of around 1,000 cubic centimeters c. An occipital bun Incorrect d. A sagittal crest The correct answer is: A sagittal crest The study of the various processes that bones and stones undergo in the course of becoming part of the fossil and archaeological records is called Select one: a. Archaeology b. Paleontology c. Taphonomy Correct d. Topography The correct answer is: Taphonomy Artifacts made by more recent populations that find their way into more ancient strata as the result of natural forces are referred to as Select one: a. Scrapers b. Flakes c. Intrusions Correct d. Mousterian The correct answer is: Intrusions 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 d. Both B and C Correct The correct answer is: Both B and C According to the text, endurance running may have been advantageous for hominins because it made Select one: a. Gathering more efficient b. Hunting possible c. Persistence hunting of medium- to large-sized mammals more successful Correct d. Avoiding predators more efficient The correct answer is: Persistence hunting of medium- to large-sized mammals more successful Biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham suggests that cooking food affected human evolution in which of the following ways: Select one: a. Smaller teeth evolved Correct b. Hunting became possible c. Plant food became more digestible d. All of the above The correct answer is: Smaller teeth evolved 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 The evidence for Neandertal cannibalism includes Select one: a. The deliberate cutting apart of bodies b. The cutting away of muscle from bone c. The splitting of bones to extract marrow d. All of the above Correct The correct answer is: All of the above