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Who went off in search of Pithecanthropus? |
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Who discovered Australopithecus africanus? |
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Who named Sinathropus pekinensis on the basis of a single tooth? |
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Richard Leakey’s most famous find: |
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| The taxonomic name for the species we associate with the find “Lucy” is: |
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Australopithecus afarensis |
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A large brain and ape teeth |
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| Neandertal is the common name for: |
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Early African Homo erectus |
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| The most likely (and most accepted) explanation for the extinction of neandertals is: |
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Inability to adapt to changing environment |
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| Hunter-gatherers live at lower densities than elephants. T/F? |
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| whole history of the world as we know it concerns only the most recent interglacial period. T/F? |
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| The predominant tool culture associated with Homo erectus is Mousterian technology. T/F? |
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FALSE, Mousterian is associated with neandertals, Acheulian technology is associated with Homo erectus. |
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| Neandertals evolved into modern humans. T/F? |
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| A. africanus and A. robustus have never been found at the same site. T/F? |
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| The presence of Australopithecus in East Africa, South Africa, and Chad is evidence supporting the Multiregional Hypothesis. T/F? |
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| FALSE. The MRH has nothing to do with australopithecines. |
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| The most complete skull of an australopithecine is from the specimen known as Lucy. T/F? |
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FALSE. We have no skull for Lucy. |
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| Robust australopithecines were about twice the body weight of gracile australopithecines. T/F? |
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FALSE. Robust and gracile refer to “chunkiness” not to weight. |
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| first migration of human ancestors out of Africa was dependent on several technological advances, including the control of fire. T/F? |
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| FALSE. Migration from Africa occurred long before fire. |
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Mitochondrial Eve was the first female that could be identified as a modern Homo sapiens. T/F? |
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| FALSE. MtEve is a statistical probability, and does not refer to a specific individual. |
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At about 100 kya, Neandertals, and fossils appearing to be modern humans were using similar tools. T/F? |
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Homo habilis (sensu lato) describes the type specimen for Homo habilis. T/F? |
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| FALSE. The type specimen is “in the strictest sense” (sensu stricto). |
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Relative to the australopithecinae, the Homo lineage has thick enamel. T/F? |
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| Neandertals had larger brains than modern humans. T/F? |
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| By 2050, there will be more people alive on the Earth than have ever lived. T/F? |
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| Mitochondrial Eve supports the Genesis account of human emergence. T/F? |
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- Homo habilis [sensu stricto]
- A “Perfect mini-Homo erectus”
- Older than Homo erectus |
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Which of the following is NOT a South African australopithecine site?
A. Makapansgat
B. Sterkfontein
C. Kromdraai
D. Swartkrans
E. Trinil |
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| The type specimen for Homo erectus is: |
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A type specimen refers to: |
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The specimen(s) used to name a species |
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With whom do we associate the Out of Africa model? |
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What has a brain size of ~900 cc? |
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What is the correct sequence for the human lineage? |
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Bipedal à Stone tools à Brain size increases |
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Humans have a brain size that is: |
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Three times larger than would be expected for a primate of our size |
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What is unusual about human babies? |
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They are precocial and behaviorally altricial |
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Which is the most appropriate ancestor for Australopithecus afarensis? |
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Australopithecus anamensis |
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What is Australopthecus garhi? |
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| The genetic diversity of humans is fairly low. This may be accounted for by: |
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The eruption of Mt. Toba 70,000 years ago
Volcanic (nuclear) winter and instant Ice Age
Genetic bottleneck
Genetic drift and local adaptations |
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| Kenyanthropus platyops lived at the same time and in the same place as Australopithecus afarensis. T/F? |
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| Climate change from lush forest of discontinuous tree cover may have favored bipedalism. T/F |
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| Sahelanthropus tchadensis had a brain size smaller than that of modern chimpanzees. T/F? |
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| Robust australopithecines are sometimes instead referred to by the genus Paranthropus. T/F? |
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| Australopithecines have curved phalanges like nonhuman primates. T/F? |
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| There are no biological races in Homo sapiens sapiens. T/F? |
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| Turkana Boy is also known as: |
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| A. afarensis may have used sticks and grasses to forage for insects and fruit. T/F? |
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| Where was “Lucy” discovered? |
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Stone tools originate around: |
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The earliest evidence for a controlled use of fire dates to around: |
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Which of the following is matched correctly with its media name?
A. Ardipithecus kaddabba – “Ardi”
B. Homo erectus – “Handy man”
C. Australopithecus africanus – “Mrs. Ples”
D. Plesianthropus transvaalensis – “Peking Man”
E. Paranthropus aethiops – “The Hobbit”
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Australopithecus africanus – “Mrs. Ples” |
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