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ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU WITH CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS what makes us human? Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency Compared with the young of other primates, human children h...

_____ are keystone species in many new world tropical forests. correct answers Figs _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in Africa. correct answers 0 _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in Australia. correct answers 15 _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in South America. correct answers 3 _____ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra. correct answers (not muskoxen) (not reindeer) _____ are the most arboreal Old...

Anthropology 105 Exam 3 Latest Update Graded A+ Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Miocene (23 - 5 m.y.a.) (Tertiary Period) Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Pleistocene (2 m.y.a. to 10,000 BP) (Ice ages) Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Recent (10,000 BP to present The most important epochs for study of hominin evolution are the? Miocene, Pleistocene, Recent Hominin: Term Term hominin used to designate the human line after its split from ancestral chimps Definition: Hominid...

Complete notes on evolution and hominid studies for ieb matric. Comprehensively typed in bulleted form. Includes summary tables of homids; Australopithecines and homo species. These notes helped me achieve a distinction and be placed in the top 1% for Life Sciences.

Nutrigenomics - The relationship between genes and diet Diet - Individually what someone eats Cuisine - Collectively what a population eats Physical Environment - Why do we grow what we do? Climate, soil, water, plant life, animal life. Socioeconomic environment - Broader economic and political environment affects access to food. Sociocultural Environment - Technology, social organization, and ideology Technology - A society's technology interacts with other aspects of culture (ex. fire) ...

free hands to gather food, use tools, scan horizon for predatorsAdvantages of Bipedalism: Advantages to Bigger Brain:More Intelligent, art and communication Anthropoids includeincluded monkeys, apes, and humans Ardipithecus ramidus-ARDI4.4-5 mya. bipedal, good tree climber, grasping big toe, wooldand omnivore, reduced canines, brain only 300-350 CM. Mosaic evolution Arm/leg length signs of upright walkinglonger legs compared shorter arms- arm/leg length is more equal in primates

ANTH 250 FINAL EXAM VERIFIED ANSWERS 100%2023 This proto-hominin lived 7.2-6.8 mya (late Miocene) in Chad, Africa. A skull, 0-34s is the lower jaw, and part of the thigh bone were found. Distinct hominin characteristics include the foramen magnum position, non-honing chewing and thick enamel. Everything else was ape-like and arboreal. - correct answer Sahelanthropus tchadensis Remains (partial femur, hand and teeth bones) belonging to 1.____________ were found in Kenya that dated to 6 mya,...

Human evolution latest 2023 graded A primates order of mammals that includes apes & monkeys prehensile having a grasping ability quadrupedalism form of locomotion using 4 limbs for bearing weight bipedalism form of locomotion using rear 2 limbs for bearing weight brachiation using front 2 limbs to grasp branches from underneath for weight bearing prognathism The jutting forward of the lower face and jaw area. anthropoids group of primates including apes and monkeys prosimians group of pri...

_____ are keystone species in many new world tropical forests. correct answers Figs _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in Africa. correct answers 0 _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in Australia. correct answers 15 _____ (family) families of Marsupials occur(s) in South America. correct answers 3 _____ are a species that is causing widespread destruction of habitat in the Tundra. correct answers (not muskoxen) (not reindeer) _____ are the most arboreal Old...

Anthropology 101 Exam 1 WSUAustralopithecus - correct answer The genus including several species of early bipeds from eastern, southern, and central Africa (South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Chad) living between about 1.1 and 4.3 million years ago, one of whom was directly ancestral to humans. They had many sub categories A. Anamenis - correct answer -Found in Kenya, and is the oldest dating back to 3.9-4.2 mya. -They found fragmented teeth and jaw fragments, the leg bone...