HST 100 Exam 1 (Human Origins,
Mesopotamia, & Egypt) questions and
answers already passed
Animal/Human Culture (Commonalities/Differences) - correct answer ✔✔-culture is behaviors
that are transmitted by learning, not just sprung from interest
-animals have culture because some can make tools and teach their young to use them, animal
societies can be divided by clans/gangs which fight for power & control, animal societies are not
rigid and can adapt to new situations, & animals have emotions
Human origins - correct answer ✔✔-Homo sapiens appeared in East Africa ~ 200,000 years ago,
splitting from apes because of bipedalism
-descendants of hominids (split from apes 5 million years ago)
Bipedalism - correct answer ✔✔-upright walking
-reason from hominid/ape split 5 million years ago, hominids began branch-walking in straight
legs while apes continued knuckle-walking
Stone Age - correct answer ✔✔-Paleolithic & Neolithic eras
-polished stone tools, shift from foraging to cultivation
-more stable climactic conditions, less need to migrate
Australopithecus (Lucy) - correct answer ✔✔-4 million to 1 million years ago in Eastern &
Southern Africa
-short statute & small brain size
-walked upright in trees then ground (bipedalism)
-omnivore
, -used sharp tools to remove meat from animals killed by beasts of prey
Homo erectus - correct answer ✔✔-1 million years ago
-fully stabilized on feet, walked long distances
-bigger brain
-fashioned sophisticated tools, learned to start & attend fire, formed camp groups at cave
entrances
-hunted animals
-migrated to North Africa, Europe, & Asia
Homo sapiens - correct answer ✔✔-"consciously thinking man"
-appeared in East Africa ~ 200,000 years ago
-large brain well developed in the frontal region (reflective & conscious thought)
-throat with vocal cords, able to enunciate hundreds of sounds
-migrated to Africa, Europe, & Asia (foragers & nomadic life)
-survived Ice Age
-domesticated dogs, built fires at will, stored food, invented canoe
Why did hominids split from apes? - correct answer ✔✔-bipedalism as a result of ecology and
adaptations to new environments
-hominids began branch-walking on straight legs to reach farther while apes continued knuckle
walkjng
Neanderthal - correct answer ✔✔-group in Europe & Middle East
-reflected in life & death with earliest burial places
-inferior linguistic abilities
-did not survive Ice Age
Mesopotamia, & Egypt) questions and
answers already passed
Animal/Human Culture (Commonalities/Differences) - correct answer ✔✔-culture is behaviors
that are transmitted by learning, not just sprung from interest
-animals have culture because some can make tools and teach their young to use them, animal
societies can be divided by clans/gangs which fight for power & control, animal societies are not
rigid and can adapt to new situations, & animals have emotions
Human origins - correct answer ✔✔-Homo sapiens appeared in East Africa ~ 200,000 years ago,
splitting from apes because of bipedalism
-descendants of hominids (split from apes 5 million years ago)
Bipedalism - correct answer ✔✔-upright walking
-reason from hominid/ape split 5 million years ago, hominids began branch-walking in straight
legs while apes continued knuckle-walking
Stone Age - correct answer ✔✔-Paleolithic & Neolithic eras
-polished stone tools, shift from foraging to cultivation
-more stable climactic conditions, less need to migrate
Australopithecus (Lucy) - correct answer ✔✔-4 million to 1 million years ago in Eastern &
Southern Africa
-short statute & small brain size
-walked upright in trees then ground (bipedalism)
-omnivore
, -used sharp tools to remove meat from animals killed by beasts of prey
Homo erectus - correct answer ✔✔-1 million years ago
-fully stabilized on feet, walked long distances
-bigger brain
-fashioned sophisticated tools, learned to start & attend fire, formed camp groups at cave
entrances
-hunted animals
-migrated to North Africa, Europe, & Asia
Homo sapiens - correct answer ✔✔-"consciously thinking man"
-appeared in East Africa ~ 200,000 years ago
-large brain well developed in the frontal region (reflective & conscious thought)
-throat with vocal cords, able to enunciate hundreds of sounds
-migrated to Africa, Europe, & Asia (foragers & nomadic life)
-survived Ice Age
-domesticated dogs, built fires at will, stored food, invented canoe
Why did hominids split from apes? - correct answer ✔✔-bipedalism as a result of ecology and
adaptations to new environments
-hominids began branch-walking on straight legs to reach farther while apes continued knuckle
walkjng
Neanderthal - correct answer ✔✔-group in Europe & Middle East
-reflected in life & death with earliest burial places
-inferior linguistic abilities
-did not survive Ice Age
