Anthropology Exam 4 comprehensive
Questions and Answers with Verified
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Question 1:
What is one way we can generalize about the archaic Homo sapiens?
Answer:
They show a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits
Question 2:
What do traits of anatomically modern humans include?
Answer:
flat cheekbones and small teeth
Question 3:
What is likely true of the people represented by the Denisova fossils?
Answer:
They share a common ancestor with Neandertals
Question 4:
What does the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis suppose?
Answer:
The transition to modernity took place regionally and without involving
replacement
,Question 5:
The oldest Neandertal site dates to _____________, at
______________.
Answer:
130,000 yBP; Krapina, Croatia
Question 6:
The Middle Paleolithic is associated with ___________ tools, which
Neandertals produced.
Answer:
Mousterian
Question 7:
The best fossil evidence to suggest that Neandertals could produce a
language like that of modern humans comes from which bone(s)
collected at Kebara, Israel?
Answer:
the hyoid
Question 8:
Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens had:
Answer:
larger teeth often with unique wear patterns
Question 9:
The Neandertals' disappearance after 30,000 yBP involved their:
Answer:
disappearance from the fossil record, but partial assimilation in the
modern human genetic pool
, Question 10:
Homo floresiensis ("The Hobbit") has been interpreted as either a distinct
and new species of the genus Homo, or an instance of Homo sapiens
with an abnormality resulting in distinct features just in that individual.
What is evidence that supports the former interpretation?
Answer:
the presence of a much earlier fossil from the same region, with similar
morphologies, suggesting a long period of evolution at this locality, of this
species.
Question 11:
According to John Relethford, what is the explanation for Africa's high
genetic diversity compared to Europe and Asia?
Answer:
Genetic drift increases genetic diversity in larger populations over time.
Question 12:
What is a distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas?
Answer:
shovel-shaped incisors
Question 13:
What does the morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick
indicate?
Answer:
It looks quite different from modern Native Americans' skulls
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions
Question 1:
What is one way we can generalize about the archaic Homo sapiens?
Answer:
They show a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits
Question 2:
What do traits of anatomically modern humans include?
Answer:
flat cheekbones and small teeth
Question 3:
What is likely true of the people represented by the Denisova fossils?
Answer:
They share a common ancestor with Neandertals
Question 4:
What does the Multiregional Continuity hypothesis suppose?
Answer:
The transition to modernity took place regionally and without involving
replacement
,Question 5:
The oldest Neandertal site dates to _____________, at
______________.
Answer:
130,000 yBP; Krapina, Croatia
Question 6:
The Middle Paleolithic is associated with ___________ tools, which
Neandertals produced.
Answer:
Mousterian
Question 7:
The best fossil evidence to suggest that Neandertals could produce a
language like that of modern humans comes from which bone(s)
collected at Kebara, Israel?
Answer:
the hyoid
Question 8:
Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens had:
Answer:
larger teeth often with unique wear patterns
Question 9:
The Neandertals' disappearance after 30,000 yBP involved their:
Answer:
disappearance from the fossil record, but partial assimilation in the
modern human genetic pool
, Question 10:
Homo floresiensis ("The Hobbit") has been interpreted as either a distinct
and new species of the genus Homo, or an instance of Homo sapiens
with an abnormality resulting in distinct features just in that individual.
What is evidence that supports the former interpretation?
Answer:
the presence of a much earlier fossil from the same region, with similar
morphologies, suggesting a long period of evolution at this locality, of this
species.
Question 11:
According to John Relethford, what is the explanation for Africa's high
genetic diversity compared to Europe and Asia?
Answer:
Genetic drift increases genetic diversity in larger populations over time.
Question 12:
What is a distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas?
Answer:
shovel-shaped incisors
Question 13:
What does the morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick
indicate?
Answer:
It looks quite different from modern Native Americans' skulls
