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Chapter 12: The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People
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1What distinguishes early archaic Homo Sapiens from Homo Erectus?
- Apresence in Asia and Europe
- Bloss of large browridges
- Cdevelopment of a projecting chin
- Dreduction in skeletal robusticity
2What aspect of Neandertal culture supports their intelligence?
- Atheir simpler Mousterian stone
- Binefficient hunting techniques
- Cno communicating by speech
- Dsymbolic burial rituals
3Modern Homo Sapiens most likely evolved
- Afrom archaic Homo Sapiens already living in Africa, Asia, and Europe
- Bin Africa and replaced archaic Homo Sapiens in Asia and Europe
- Cin Asia and Europe and replaced archaic Homo Sapiens in Africa
- Din Africa and assimilated archaic Homo Sapiens in Asia and Europe
4How did modern Homo Sapiens reach North and South America?
- AThey crossed the Pacific Ocean from Austrailia
- BThey migrated from Southeast Asia via the Pacific islands
- CThey migrated from northeastern Asia along the Bering land bridge
- DThey traveled from southern Africa through Antarctica
5Homo Floresiensis has not been proposed to be
- Aa modern human with a developmental abnormality
- Bwithin the range of variation of local human populations
- Can isolated descendant of an earlier hominin species
- Da descendant of modern humans
6Archaic Homo sapiens
- Aoccurs only in Europe and Asia.
- Bshows a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits.
- Cis dated to the late Pliocene.
- Dis often found with Oldowan stone tools.
7The earliest archaeological evidence of humans in Australia is from ________, dating to ________ yBP.
- AKow Swamp; 13,000
- BLake Mungo; 42,000
- CMelbourne; 25,000
- DTasmania; 35,000
8A hominid fossil that has a long, low skull; projecting face and occipital bone; and large nasal aperture is likely to be classified as having ________ characteristics.
- Amodern
- Baustralopithecine
- Carchaic
- Dapelike
9The Homo floresiensis specimen
- Ahad a small brain due to a pathology.
- Blived about 20,000 yBP.
- Cis the result of genetic drift.
- Dfits Allen’s rule in body proportions.
10Neandertals’ cold-adapted traits include
- Aa narrow nasal aperture.
- Blong limbs.
- Ca thin torso.
- Da projecting midface.
11Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals
- Atraded with modern humans.
- Bused body ornaments.
- Cused symbolism.
- Dused body ornaments and symbolism.
12The MOST distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are
- Athe suprainiac fossa and globular shape of the skull.
- Bthick bones and extra muscles.
- Cthe body and the length of the arms and legs.
- Dthe retromolar space and heavy wearing on the teeth.
13If you happen to get on a bus full of Neandertals, according to recent reconstructions, you
- Awould not notice, if they were dressed in appropriate attire.
- Bwould be immediately cannibalized.
- Ccould easily tell that you were sitting with a group of hominins that were of a different species or subspecies.
- Dwould have the largest brain on the bus.
14The 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?
- Athe cervical (neck) vertebrae
- Bthe mandible
- Cthe ribs
- Dthe hyoid
15To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in
- AIndia.
- BEurope and western Asia.
- Cnorthern Africa.
- Dsoutheast Asia.
16The Neandertal world included
- ANorth Africa, East Africa, and Europe.
- Bwestern Europe only.
- Cthe entire Mediterranean region in Europe and North Africa.
- Dmost of western Europe (France, Spain), the entire European Mediterranean, and western Asia.
17The Neandertals’ disappearance after 30,000 yBP likely involved
- Aa measurable degree of genetic assimilation into modern human (African) populations.
- Bisolation into small groups that eventually disappeared one by one.
- Crapid extinction due to climate change.
- Dmigration into parts of Asia where they were not well adapted, and thus, died out.
18In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating
- Athe use of the front teeth for gripping materials.
- Bthe purposeful modification of teeth to demonstrate social rank, as with the Aztecs.
- Ctheir use for shaping the cutting edges of stone blades.
- Dthe chewing of massive amounts of fibrous materials.
19The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick indicates that it
- Awas recovered from an elaborate burial.
- Brepresents an early Eskimo population.
- Clooks quite different from modern Native Americans’ skulls.
- Dis about 3,000 years old.
20Cannibalism was
- Apracticed by Neandertals but not modern humans.
- Bpracticed by modern humans but not Neandertals.
- Cnot practiced by any form of Homo sapiens.
- Dpracticed by Neandertals and modern Homo sapiens.
21A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is
- Ashovel-shaped incisors.
- Ba large nose.
- Cthick, long bones.
- Dextra muscles on the scapula.
22The out-of-Africa model asserts
- Aa single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.
- Bthe importance of gene flow across population boundaries.
- Cmigrations of australopithecines out of Africa.
- Dmigrations of Homo habilis out of Africa.
23Human beings first arrived in the Americas approximately ________ yBP.
- A50,000
- B25,000
- C15,000
- D5,000
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