ASB 222 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Academic architecture correct answer -Plans created by architects trained in the
trade and reflects contemporary styles in design that are more in line with
architectural order.
-Less indicative of the lifestyle and attitudes of the occupants.
-Popular culture
Based on the genetic analysis of lice, when did our ancestors lose their body hair?
correct answer Based on the analysis of the lice, a pubic louse is more closely
related to gorilla lice. The most likely scenario is that other lice moved from our
pubes to our heads. Eventually evolving into the two types of lice today, the
molecular clock was used and the estimated date is roughly 3 million years ago,
our ancestors had started to lose their body hair
Describe importance of Mode 1/ Oldowan tools, correct answer -stone tools
assisted meat consumption
-Appeared 2.6 million years ago in Africa.
-Simple to make
-With the oldowan tools we start to see complex foraging techniques.
Describe the Homo Erectus correct answer -Appeared in Africa 1.8 million years
ago
-Brain size that is twice as large as the australopitecines.
-First long distance runner
-Mastered fire and technology
-Relied heavily on hunting
, -Ate meat regularly
-Hand axes may have been use to butcher carcasses (Mode 1/Oldowan)
Describe the Homo Florisiensis. correct answer -were a group of homo erectus
that traveled to a small island in Indonesia called Flores and settled there
-lived until 35-13 KYA
-Discovered in the fall of 2004
-Founded a series of fossils in a small cave in Indonesia
-They were about 2-3 feet tall
Focus correct answer the degree to which a pattern of postholes, cellars and
hearth can be "read" clearly as to how it represents the structure that once stood
over it.
Homo erectus had a large brain. What does this imply in terms of it's diet? correct
answer Brains consume about 20% of our energy and a large body, they need
more nutrition from their savannah biome, the one high quality resource they had
and ate was meat, it has protein, brain, bone marrow, etc
How can archaeologist determine the age of an individual? correct answer - teeth
(teeth eruption patterns, growth rings)
- bone fusion (with age, the bones begin to fuse together)
- plates on the skull (the skull increases in thickness as we age).
How can archaeologists determine the sex of human remains in bioarchaeology?
correct answer - size; body dimorphism
- specific bones such as the pelvic bone
ANSWERS
Academic architecture correct answer -Plans created by architects trained in the
trade and reflects contemporary styles in design that are more in line with
architectural order.
-Less indicative of the lifestyle and attitudes of the occupants.
-Popular culture
Based on the genetic analysis of lice, when did our ancestors lose their body hair?
correct answer Based on the analysis of the lice, a pubic louse is more closely
related to gorilla lice. The most likely scenario is that other lice moved from our
pubes to our heads. Eventually evolving into the two types of lice today, the
molecular clock was used and the estimated date is roughly 3 million years ago,
our ancestors had started to lose their body hair
Describe importance of Mode 1/ Oldowan tools, correct answer -stone tools
assisted meat consumption
-Appeared 2.6 million years ago in Africa.
-Simple to make
-With the oldowan tools we start to see complex foraging techniques.
Describe the Homo Erectus correct answer -Appeared in Africa 1.8 million years
ago
-Brain size that is twice as large as the australopitecines.
-First long distance runner
-Mastered fire and technology
-Relied heavily on hunting
, -Ate meat regularly
-Hand axes may have been use to butcher carcasses (Mode 1/Oldowan)
Describe the Homo Florisiensis. correct answer -were a group of homo erectus
that traveled to a small island in Indonesia called Flores and settled there
-lived until 35-13 KYA
-Discovered in the fall of 2004
-Founded a series of fossils in a small cave in Indonesia
-They were about 2-3 feet tall
Focus correct answer the degree to which a pattern of postholes, cellars and
hearth can be "read" clearly as to how it represents the structure that once stood
over it.
Homo erectus had a large brain. What does this imply in terms of it's diet? correct
answer Brains consume about 20% of our energy and a large body, they need
more nutrition from their savannah biome, the one high quality resource they had
and ate was meat, it has protein, brain, bone marrow, etc
How can archaeologist determine the age of an individual? correct answer - teeth
(teeth eruption patterns, growth rings)
- bone fusion (with age, the bones begin to fuse together)
- plates on the skull (the skull increases in thickness as we age).
How can archaeologists determine the sex of human remains in bioarchaeology?
correct answer - size; body dimorphism
- specific bones such as the pelvic bone
