Biological Anthropology Chapter 10(100% Verified)
Olduvai Gorge correct answers Called the cradle of humanity
Mary and Louis Leakey correct answers Excavated fossils from the Olduvai Gorge in the Great
Rift Valley.
When did speech likely develop? correct answers Within the last 2 million years.
When do the earliest primitive stone tools date from? correct answers 2.6 mya
What are the two obligate behaviors of hominins? correct answers bidpedal locomotion and
nonhoning chewing
Were speech and material culture attributes of the earliest hominins? correct answers No
What type of rock can be radiometrically dated? correct answers volcanic
Where was the cranium of the robust Australopithecus boisei found? correct answers Olduvai
Gorge in Tanzania
What are the things that anthropologists claim make us human? correct answers 1. bipedalism
2. nonhoning chewing
3. dependence on material culture
4. speech
5. hunting and cooperation
6. domestication of plants and animals
What are the seven steps of bipedality? correct answers 1. Position of the foramen magnum:
humans have it at the base of the skull
2. Shape of the spine: humans have an S-shaped spine, apes have a C-shaped one.
3. Shape of the pelvis: humans have shorter illium(see picture 1) than apes
4. Length of the leg: humans have relatively longer legs than apes
5. Valgus knee: bipedal knees angle inward to give a knock-kneed appearance, this is to place
weight below the center of gravity.
6. Longitudinal foot arch: arch of the foot acts as shock absorber and adds leverage.
7. Opposable big toes
Do humans have honing teeth correct answers No
Do humans have a diastema for their canines? correct answers No
What was the piltdown fossil correct answers a hoax
What was the Taung child's scientific name? correct answers Au. africanus
Olduvai Gorge correct answers Called the cradle of humanity
Mary and Louis Leakey correct answers Excavated fossils from the Olduvai Gorge in the Great
Rift Valley.
When did speech likely develop? correct answers Within the last 2 million years.
When do the earliest primitive stone tools date from? correct answers 2.6 mya
What are the two obligate behaviors of hominins? correct answers bidpedal locomotion and
nonhoning chewing
Were speech and material culture attributes of the earliest hominins? correct answers No
What type of rock can be radiometrically dated? correct answers volcanic
Where was the cranium of the robust Australopithecus boisei found? correct answers Olduvai
Gorge in Tanzania
What are the things that anthropologists claim make us human? correct answers 1. bipedalism
2. nonhoning chewing
3. dependence on material culture
4. speech
5. hunting and cooperation
6. domestication of plants and animals
What are the seven steps of bipedality? correct answers 1. Position of the foramen magnum:
humans have it at the base of the skull
2. Shape of the spine: humans have an S-shaped spine, apes have a C-shaped one.
3. Shape of the pelvis: humans have shorter illium(see picture 1) than apes
4. Length of the leg: humans have relatively longer legs than apes
5. Valgus knee: bipedal knees angle inward to give a knock-kneed appearance, this is to place
weight below the center of gravity.
6. Longitudinal foot arch: arch of the foot acts as shock absorber and adds leverage.
7. Opposable big toes
Do humans have honing teeth correct answers No
Do humans have a diastema for their canines? correct answers No
What was the piltdown fossil correct answers a hoax
What was the Taung child's scientific name? correct answers Au. africanus
