UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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1. When was the ma- -60ka
jor migration out of -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the
Africa? world
2. When did modern 200,000 years ago
humans evolve?
3. modern Homo sapi- -small, flat face with portruding chin
en derived charac- -rounded skull
teristics: -cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
4. why was the modern -relied more on elaborate tools and technological advancements, less on body
human less robust? strength
5. how does mod- -much more complex and variable
ern human behavior -vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt to diverse environ-
compare to that of ments
early hominins? -elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive generations
6. Middle Stone Age -The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa and southern and eastern Asia
(MSA) that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
-large social networks, Llong-distance exchange networks
7. MSA tools -blades: long, thin stone tools, Mode 4
-symmetrical, leaf-shaped points
-microliths: small stone flake, sharp edge on one side and flat on the other,
Mode 5
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, UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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-atlatl: throws spears farther
-bone tools
-shelters and hearths
8. When did the Middle Later Pleistocene
Stone Age occur?
9. What was change -increased cognitive ability
in human behavior -cultural innovations, not genetic
caused by? -technological innovation
10. MSA transition technological innovation --> more eflcient food acquisition --> greater eco-
nomic surplus --> more economic specialization --> greater symbolic and
ritual activity
11. Fossil Evidence for -earliest found in China, 120-80ka
movement out of -no other anatomical modern fossil outside Africa that date to before 63ka
Africa - beginning 30ka, wealth of evidence for presence of modern humans across
Europe
12. Genetic Evidence for 1) modern humans evolved in Africa btw 200-90ka
movement out of 2) modern humans outside Africa are descended from one or more popula-
Africa tions that left Africa btw 120-40ka
3) a small amount of interbreeding occurred btw modern humans and ho-
minins already living in Eurasia (Neanderthals and Denisovans)
13. What kind of DNA 1) DNA on Y chromosom
does not undergo 2) mitochondria DNA from mom
recombination, thus 3) short segments of DNA on ordinary chromosomes
allowing you to trace
it back to a single in-
dividual?
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Answers
1. When was the ma- -60ka
jor migration out of -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the
Africa? world
2. When did modern 200,000 years ago
humans evolve?
3. modern Homo sapi- -small, flat face with portruding chin
en derived charac- -rounded skull
teristics: -cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
4. why was the modern -relied more on elaborate tools and technological advancements, less on body
human less robust? strength
5. how does mod- -much more complex and variable
ern human behavior -vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt to diverse environ-
compare to that of ments
early hominins? -elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive generations
6. Middle Stone Age -The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa and southern and eastern Asia
(MSA) that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
-large social networks, Llong-distance exchange networks
7. MSA tools -blades: long, thin stone tools, Mode 4
-symmetrical, leaf-shaped points
-microliths: small stone flake, sharp edge on one side and flat on the other,
Mode 5
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, UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
-atlatl: throws spears farther
-bone tools
-shelters and hearths
8. When did the Middle Later Pleistocene
Stone Age occur?
9. What was change -increased cognitive ability
in human behavior -cultural innovations, not genetic
caused by? -technological innovation
10. MSA transition technological innovation --> more eflcient food acquisition --> greater eco-
nomic surplus --> more economic specialization --> greater symbolic and
ritual activity
11. Fossil Evidence for -earliest found in China, 120-80ka
movement out of -no other anatomical modern fossil outside Africa that date to before 63ka
Africa - beginning 30ka, wealth of evidence for presence of modern humans across
Europe
12. Genetic Evidence for 1) modern humans evolved in Africa btw 200-90ka
movement out of 2) modern humans outside Africa are descended from one or more popula-
Africa tions that left Africa btw 120-40ka
3) a small amount of interbreeding occurred btw modern humans and ho-
minins already living in Eurasia (Neanderthals and Denisovans)
13. What kind of DNA 1) DNA on Y chromosom
does not undergo 2) mitochondria DNA from mom
recombination, thus 3) short segments of DNA on ordinary chromosomes
allowing you to trace
it back to a single in-
dividual?
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