Question 1

Recent genetic research comparing Neandertal DNA and modern human DNA supports the theory that Neandertals evolved into European AMHs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the warmer period after the end of the Würm glaciation, human groups modified their subsistence strategies in order to exploit a greater variety of plant and animal species.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Identify the main anatomical differences between Neandertals and H.sapiens, and discuss how these differences have been interpreted.

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The main anatomical differences between ...

Question 4

The _________ model suggests that a wave of anatomically modern humans replaced the Neandertals.

Accepted Answer

A)  broad-spectrum revolution
B)  phyletic transformation
C)  "Out of Africa" or "Eve" model
D)  multiregional evolution
E)  manifest destinyF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 5

The Red Deer Cave people are significant because they are the most recent human remains found anywhere that

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A)  closely resemble Neandertals.
B)  closely resemble modern humans.
C)  closely resemble Homo floresiensis.
D)  do not closely resemble modern humans.
E)  did not use tools.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

__________ characterize the Upper Paleolithic.

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A)  Hand axes
B)  Pebble tools
C)  Metallurgy
D)  Plant domestication
E)  Blade toolsF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Researchers learned that ___________ by looking at the molars and chewing muscles of H.erectus.

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A)  H.erectus was more dependent on tubers than earlier hominins
B)  H.erectus was more dependent on hunting than earlier hominins
C)  the chewing apparatus of H.erectus was essentially identical to that of H.habilis
D)  the chewing apparatus of H.erectus was different from that of H.habilis
E)  H.erectus had not yet begun to hunt.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

The statement, __________, best describes H.habilis.

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A)  "H.habilis was the first hominin species to use fire."
B)  "H.habilis was short with long arms, like australopithecines."
C)  "H.habilis was found with Mousterian tools."
D)  "H.habilis had a cranial capacity of 1,000 cm³."
E)  "H.habilis is only found in Asia."F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Analyze how biological changes in H.erectus reflected, or made possible, new cultural adaptive strategies.

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The biological changes in H. erectus, su...

Question 10

The Denisovans

Accepted Answer

A)  are descended from one man called Dennis, who lived about 200,000 years ago in Africa.
B)  were distant cousins to the Neandertals and lived in Asia.
C)  provide evidence that Neandertals did not interbreed with modern humans.
D)  were found with the first evidence of use and control of fire.
E)  are the common ancestor of the australopithecines and H.habilis.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

A reliance on plant foods is the ecological niche of H.erectus that separated them from H.habilis.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Neandertals had an average brain size about the same as, or larger than, modern humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Discuss the major anatomical differences between the australopithecines and H.erectus.

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The major anatomical differences between...

Question 14

The broad-spectrum revolution is defined as the period when

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A)  glacial retreats led to the exploitation of a greater variety of plant and animal foods.
B)  the greatest diversity of hominins lived in Africa.
C)  H.sapiens populations overtook Neandertal caves and began to draw animal figures.
D)  primates developed the ability to see more than just primary colors and therefore could distinguish different types of leaves.
E)  H.sapiens shifted from gradual evolution to punctuated equilibrium.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 15

The original settlers of the Americas came from

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A)  south east Asia
B)  Russia
C)  Northwest Asia
D)  Europe
E)  None of the above is correct.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Evidence from the Israeli sites of Skh?ūl and Qafzeh suggests that AMHs evolved from archaic H.sapiens populations in the region long before the Neandertals died out in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

__________ is associated with the site of Zhoukoudian.

Accepted Answer

A)  H.habilis
B)  H.erectus
C)  Archaic H.sapiens
D)  Neandertals
E)  H.sapiensF) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Scientists used __________ evidence to learn about the Neandertals at El Sidrόn.

Accepted Answer

A)  archaeological
B)  palynological and DNA
C)  fossil, archaeological, and DNA
D)  bioarchaeological and survey
E)  Y chromosome DNA and forensicF) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 19

The surprising hominin species found on an island living as recently as 13,000 B.P.was

Accepted Answer

A)  H.erectus.
B)  A.robustus.
C)  Neandertals.
D)  H.floresiensis.
E)  H.habilis.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The fossil KNM-ER 1470, sometimes called H.rudolfensis, was unusual because it

Accepted Answer

A)  lived at the same time as A.afarensis.
B)  was found with Upper Paleolithic tools.
C)  was the first hominin species found outside of Africa.
D)  has a combination of large molars and a large brain.
E)  was the first hominin species found in the Americas.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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__________ characterize the Upper Paleolithic.

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