ANTH Exam 1

ANTH Exam 1 Ache - ANSWER-Hunters of Paraguay, after 400 kya, bigger brains and meat eaters, hunger/gatherers Acheulean - ANSWER-stone tool industry of the early and middle pleistoscene characterized by the presence of bifacial hand axes & clevers, associated with Homo erectus and early Homo sapiens Anatomically Modern Humans - ANSWER-first evidence traces back to 160,000 years ago homo sapiens, middle Paleolithic, look like us, don't behave like us Anthropology - ANSWER-Study of the origins and development of people and their societies Archeology - ANSWER-the study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and other remains Archeozoology - ANSWER-The study of faunal remains or the items left behind when an animal dies. Artifact - ANSWER-an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. Atapuerca - ANSWER-Human remains found in caves, 900,000 years ago, Spain, Discovered possible intentional burial, earlier than neanderthals, found hand axes and other stone tools Atlal - ANSWER-an early tool used to launch a spear with tip on end , made from wood, allowed for larger prey Aurignacian - ANSWER-Lithic tool technology associated with anatomically modern human beings in Europe about 40,000 years ago. Includes long, narrow blade tools. Australopithecus afarensis - ANSWER-An early australopithecine from East Africa that had a brain size equivalent to a modern chimpanzee's and is thought to be a direct human ancestor.