Question 1

The Herto skulls from Ethiopia

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A)   are distinctly modern.
B)   have a combination of archaic and modern features.
C)   are distinctly archaic.
D)   are considered Homo habilis.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

The Neandertals' disappearance after 30,000 yBP likely involved

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A)   a measurable degree of genetic assimilation into modern human (African)  populations.
B)   isolation into small groups that eventually disappeared one by one.
C)   rapid extinction due to climate change.
D)   migration into parts of Asia where they were not well adapted, and thus, died out.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

The Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools that are associated with Neandertals are called

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A)   Mousterian.
B)   Gravettian.
C)   Solutrean.
D)   Acheulean.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Modern humans have

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A)   traits like large browridges, large nasal sinuses, and a large masticatory complex.
B)   a high vertical forehead, a round and tall skull, and small browridges.
C)   a small face, small teeth, and a projecting chin.
D)   a high vertical forehead, a round and tall skull, small browridges, a small face, small teeth, and a projecting chin.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

If you happen to get on a bus full of Neandertals, according to recent reconstructions, you

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A)   would not notice, if they were dressed in appropriate attire.
B)   would be immediately cannibalized.
C)   could easily tell that you were sitting with a group of hominins that were of a different species or subspecies.
D)   would have the largest brain on the bus.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The people represented by the Denisova fossils likely

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A)   interbred with Homo erectus.
B)   share a common ancestor with Neandertals.
C)   were isolated to the point of extinction.
D)   looked very much like Neandertals.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

The Neandertal world included

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A)   North Africa, East Africa, and Europe.
B)   western Europe only.
C)   the entire Mediterranean region in Europe and North Africa.
D)   most of western Europe (France, Spain) , the entire European Mediterranean, and western Asia.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

The Levallois method of stone tool production is associated with the

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A)   Mousterian.
B)   Upper Paleolithic.
C)   Levallois.
D)   Solutrean.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The last Neandertals date to ________ yBP.

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A)   250,000
B)   100,000
C)   75,000
D)   32,000E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Discuss which anatomical traits are used to contrast modern humans' physical appearance with that of similar hominids.Which are derived and which are ancestral? Are these traits biological adaptation, as in the case of Neandertals?

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Question 11

Allen's and Bergmann's rules have been used to explain

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A)   the overall body shape of chimpanzees as compared to humans.
B)   differences in stone tool technologies across the world.
C)   the extinction of Neandertals.
D)   variation in body shape across Neandertals and different human groups who live in vastly different climates.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The fossils called Homo floresiensis were dated to

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A)   between 250,000 and 100,000 yBP.
B)   between 100,000 and 60,000 yBP.
C)   about 40,000 yBP.
D)   younger than 25,000 yBP.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Archaic Homo sapiens

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A)   occurs only in Europe and Asia.
B)   shows a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits.
C)   is dated to the late Pliocene.
D)   is often found with Oldowan stone tools.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

Analyses of modern human genetic variation by Rebecca Cann's group suggest that Homo sapiens may have first appeared approximately ________ yBP.

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A)   50,000
B)   200,000
C)   750,000
D)   1 millionE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The Middle Paleolithic is associated with ________ tools, which Neandertals produced.

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A)   blade
B)   Acheulean
C)   flake
D)   MousterianE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The out-of-Africa model asserts

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A)   a single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.
B)   the importance of gene flow across population boundaries.
C)   migrations of australopithecines out of Africa.
D)   migrations of Homo habilis out of Africa.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

The European archaeological period that is marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art starting about 35,000 yBP is called the

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A)   later Stone Age.
B)   Upper Paleolithic period.
C)   Neolithic period.
D)   Eurocentric period.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

While on an archaeological dig in Europe, you find a stone tool that is rounded on one side and has had flakes removed from the other side, giving it the appearance of a tortoise shell.This is likely to be a(n)

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A)   Oldowan core typical of the Lower Paleolithic.
B)   example of the Levallois technique of the Middle Paleolithic.
C)   completed tool that is similar to those you have seen from the Solutrean toolkit.
D)   Clovis point.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Sub-Saharan Africans show the largest genetic diversity of any human population.This is likely to have resulted from the

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A)   accumulation of genetic mutations over the last 10 years.
B)   group's small breeding population, maintaining genetic diversity.
C)   accumulations of genetic mutations over time.
D)   introduction of genetic diversity from Europe and Asia.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 20

All fossils of archaic Homo sapiens and earlier Homo erectus show

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A)   continued increase in skeletal robusticity and tooth size.
B)   expansion of the brain and increased cultural complexity.
C)   a decrease in cranial capacity.
D)   continued decrease in body size.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Exam 12: The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

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