ANTH-1210 quiz 9 well answered to pass
The Mousterian tool industry occurred during the:
a.Lower Paleolithic.
b.Middle Paleolithic.
c.Upper Paleolithic.
d.Later Stone Age. - correct answer ✔✔b.Middle Paleolithic.
Homo heidelbergensis was:
a.a diverse group with several H. erectus and H. sapiens characteristics.
b.considered by many researchers to be a transitional species between H. erectus and H. sapiens.
c.probably ancestral to modern humans and Neandertals.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
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DNA (genetic) data from several Neandertals show:
a.Neandertals were well on their way to being a distinct and separate species of Homo.
b.Neandertals were genetically closer to chimpanzees than to modern humans.
c.Neandertals are genetically identical to modern humans.
d.all Neandertals were genetically identical. - correct answer ✔✔a.Neandertals were well on their way to
being a distinct and separate species of Homo.
Shanidar Cave in northeastern Iraq is the:
a.homo habilis site that demonstrated the first controlled use of fire.
b.site providing evidence for Neandertal cannibalism.
c.site that provides the earliest archaeological evidence of cave bear ceremonialism.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.None of these choices.
, Earliest evidence of controlled use of fire in Eurasia was found at which site?
a.Tabun, Israel
b.Schöningen, Germany
c.Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
d.Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, in northern Spain - correct answer ✔✔c.Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
The Levallois prepared-core technique for making stone flakes from cores:
a.arose in both Africa and Europe.
b.enabled the toolmaker to control flake size and shape.
c.required coordinated steps.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
Pleistocene glaciations had equally dramatic climatic effects on Asia, Africa, and the equatorial regions of
Europe.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Some researchers claim that modern Chinese evolved in China from a separate Homo erectus lineage
than that which led to modern H. sapiens in Europe and Africa.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
The remains of Neandertals from Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, in northern Spain indicate that
Neandertal origins date to before 500,000 years ago.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
French paleontologist Marcellin Boule misinterpreted evidence of osteoarthritis of the spine and
concluded that the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal was brutish, bent-kneed and not a fully erect
biped.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
Which is not true about the Teshik-Tash remains?
The Mousterian tool industry occurred during the:
a.Lower Paleolithic.
b.Middle Paleolithic.
c.Upper Paleolithic.
d.Later Stone Age. - correct answer ✔✔b.Middle Paleolithic.
Homo heidelbergensis was:
a.a diverse group with several H. erectus and H. sapiens characteristics.
b.considered by many researchers to be a transitional species between H. erectus and H. sapiens.
c.probably ancestral to modern humans and Neandertals.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
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DNA (genetic) data from several Neandertals show:
a.Neandertals were well on their way to being a distinct and separate species of Homo.
b.Neandertals were genetically closer to chimpanzees than to modern humans.
c.Neandertals are genetically identical to modern humans.
d.all Neandertals were genetically identical. - correct answer ✔✔a.Neandertals were well on their way to
being a distinct and separate species of Homo.
Shanidar Cave in northeastern Iraq is the:
a.homo habilis site that demonstrated the first controlled use of fire.
b.site providing evidence for Neandertal cannibalism.
c.site that provides the earliest archaeological evidence of cave bear ceremonialism.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.None of these choices.
, Earliest evidence of controlled use of fire in Eurasia was found at which site?
a.Tabun, Israel
b.Schöningen, Germany
c.Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
d.Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, in northern Spain - correct answer ✔✔c.Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
The Levallois prepared-core technique for making stone flakes from cores:
a.arose in both Africa and Europe.
b.enabled the toolmaker to control flake size and shape.
c.required coordinated steps.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
Pleistocene glaciations had equally dramatic climatic effects on Asia, Africa, and the equatorial regions of
Europe.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Some researchers claim that modern Chinese evolved in China from a separate Homo erectus lineage
than that which led to modern H. sapiens in Europe and Africa.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
The remains of Neandertals from Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, in northern Spain indicate that
Neandertal origins date to before 500,000 years ago.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
French paleontologist Marcellin Boule misinterpreted evidence of osteoarthritis of the spine and
concluded that the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal was brutish, bent-kneed and not a fully erect
biped.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
Which is not true about the Teshik-Tash remains?
