Hominins Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

what makes us human? - ANSWERBipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - ANSWERstresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - ANSWEREarly hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency - ANSWERCompared with the young of other primates, human children have a long period of chil...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM246 Quizzes 1 to 3 questions well answeredWhich of the following can be defined as: "The Study of the whole of the human condition; past, present and future; biology, science, language and culture." - correct answer anthropology Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? - correct answer surveying T or F: Humans evolved from chimpanzees - correct answer false T or F: ...

Complete Test Bank for Anthropology, 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember, Peter N. Peregrine ; ISBN13: 9780134732879. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 26)....1. What Is Anthropology 2. Research Methods in Anthropology 3. Genetics and Evolution 4. Human Variation and Adaptation 5. Primates: Past and Present 6. The First Hominins 7. The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo 8. The Emergence of Homo sapiens 9. The Upper Paleolithic World 10. Origins of Food Production and Se...

Anthropology 101 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Ethnography is: - Answer-the firsthand, personal study of local settings. How are cultural rights different from human rights? - Answer-Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology? - Answer-Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology Current evidence suggests that the last common ancestor of hominins and the African ap...

ASM 246 FINAL 1 Arizona State University - Question and answers verified to passASM 246 FINAL 1 anthropology - correct answer Which of the following can be defined as: "The study of the whole of the human condition; past, present and future; biology, science, language and culture." surveying - correct answer Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? Humans evolved from chimpanzees. - correct answer ...

ASM 246 Midterm Arizona State University - Question and answers verified to passASM 246 Midterm Anthropology - correct answer Which of the following can be defined as: "The study of the whole of the human condition; past present and future; biology, science, language and culture." Surveying - correct answer Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? False - correct answer Humans evolved from chimpanzee...

ASM246 Quizzes 1 to 3 Arizona State University - Question and answers 100% correct ASM246 Quizzes 1 to 3 Which of the following can be defined as: "The Study of the whole of the human condition; past, present and future; biology, science, language and culture." - correct answer anthropology Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? - correct answer surveying T or F: Humans evolved from chimpanzees -...

Anthropology 101 Ethnography is: - correct answer the firsthand, personal study of local settings. How are cultural rights different from human rights? - correct answer Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology? - correct answer Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology Current evidence suggests that the last common ancestor of hominins and the African apes existed - cor...

What is evolution? - Answer-How organisms change across many generations. Which is the oldest of these four species? - Answer-Australopithecines What characteristic did early hominins share with modern humans? - Answer-Bipedalism Why was having a larger brain advantageous for early hominins? - Answer-It increased intelligence helped them hunt and survive. According to the theory of evolution, which of the following statements is true? - Answer-Humans and chimps evolved from a common ancest...

UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ALL VERIFIED When was the major migration out of Africa? - ANS -60ka -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the world When did modern humans evolve? - ANS 200,000 years ago modern Homo sapien derived characteristics: - ANS -small, flat face with protruding chin -rounded skull -cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc -less robust postcranial skeleton -relatively long limbs and shorter trunks why w...