Question 1

Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens has a

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A)   long and low skull, a smaller brain size, and a large masticatory complex.
B)   taller and wider nasal aperture, a more projecting occipital bone, a larger browridge, and no chin.
C)   longer and lower skull, a smaller browridge, and a bigger and more projecting face.
D)   smaller nasal aperture, a small occipital bone, and a smaller brain case.

Question 2

To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in

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A)   India.
B)   Europe and western Asia.
C)   northern Africa.
D)   southeast Asia.

Question 3

Examples of archaic Homo sapiens include

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A)   Arago, Petralona, Atapuerca 5, and Steinheim.
B)   Amud, Kabara, and Shanidar.
C)   Aramis and Ramidus.
D)   Cro-Magnon.

Question 4

The Shanidar site

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A)   demonstrates that Neandertals intentionally buried their dead.
B)   demonstrates that Neandertals practiced cannibalism.
C)   is the earliest evidence of modern humans in western Europe.
D)   contained no hominin remains but is the earliest occurrence of the prepared platform technique.

Question 5

The first widely reported Neandertal find, the Feldhofer Cave skeleton, was correctly interpreted as

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A)   a modern human afflicted with rickets and arthritis, according to Rudolf Virchow.
B)   the remains of a Russian soldier from an earlier invasion.
C)   a very large gibbon.
D)   a probable ancestor to modern humans, according to Thomas Henry Huxley.

Question 6

In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating

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A)   the use of the front teeth for gripping materials.
B)   the purposeful modification of teeth to demonstrate social rank, as with the Aztecs.
C)   their use for shaping the cutting edges of stone blades.
D)   the chewing of massive amounts of fibrous materials.

Question 7

In the study of human evolution, scientists define modern in terms of

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A)   a series of distinctive anatomical traits that contrast with archaic traits from earlier hominins.
B)   a designated time frame between the Upper and Lower Paleolithic.
C)   a series of anatomical traits that distinguish Cro-Magnon features from Neandertals.
D)   traits like large browridges, large nasal sinuses, and a large masticatory complex.

Question 8

Examples of Neandertal include

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A)   Arago, Petralona, Atapuerca 5, and Steinheim.
B)   Amud, Kabara, and Shanidar.
C)   Aramis and Ramidus.
D)   Cro-Magnon. B

Question 9

What symbolic behavior is evident in the archaeological record and associated with Neandertals and anatomically modern humans in Europe beginning around 35,000 yBP (during the Upper Paleolithic)?

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Neandertals were similar to modern human...

Question 10

A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is

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A)   shovel-shaped incisors.
B)   a large nose.
C)   thick, long bones.
D)   extra muscles on the scapula. A

Question 11

Neandertals' cold-adapted traits include

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A)   a narrow nasal aperture.
B)   long limbs.
C)   a thin torso.
D)   a projecting midface. D

Question 12

Discuss Neandertals in terms of biological adaptation and other forces of evolution.

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The best way to understand Neandertal ev...

Question 13

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?

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A)   the cervical (neck)  vertebrae
B)   the mandible
C)   the ribs
D)   the hyoid

Question 14

Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals

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A)   traded with modern humans.
B)   used body ornaments.
C)   used symbolism.
D)   used body ornaments and symbolism.

Question 15

Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are sites where specimens of ________ have been discovered.

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A)   Homo erectus
B)   modern Homo sapiens
C)   archaic Homo sapiens
D)   Neandertals

Question 16

Early Native Americans used which distinctive fluted spear points to hunt large-bodied Ice Age mammals?

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A)   Mousterian points
B)   Solutrean blades
C)   Levallois flakes
D)   Clovis points

Question 17

Discuss the two models of modern human origins-out-of-Africa and multiregional continuity.
Briefly describe their main tenets and discuss how the more recent assimilation model differs from each.

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The out-of-Africa thesis states that mod...

Question 18

Anatomically modern human fossils were discovered in the European Upper Paleolithic site of

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A)   Atapuerca, Spain.
B)   Mauer, Germany.
C)   Petralona, Greece.
D)   Cro-Magnon, France.

Question 19

What kinds of environmental pressures contributed to the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens around the world? What do the migrations of modern humans into Australia tell us about the range of human variation and adaptability in the past compared to the diversity we see in human populations today?

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Early modern people moved out of Africa ...

Question 20

The earliest archaeological evidence of humans in Australia is from ________, dating to ________ yBP.

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A)   Kow Swamp; 13,000
B)   Lake Mungo; 42,000
C)   Melbourne; 25,000
D)   Tasmania; 35,000

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

Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens has a

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To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in

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Examples of archaic Homo sapiens include

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The Shanidar site

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The first widely reported Neandertal find, the Feldhofer Cave skeleton, was correctly interpreted as

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In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating

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A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is

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Neandertals' cold-adapted traits include

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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?

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Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals

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Early Native Americans used which distinctive fluted spear points to hunt large-bodied Ice Age mammals?

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Discuss the two models of modern human origins-out-of-Africa and multiregional continuity. Briefly describe their main tenets and discuss how the more recent assimilation model differs from each.

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Anatomically modern human fossils were discovered in the European Upper Paleolithic site of

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What kinds of environmental pressures contributed to the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens around the world? What do the migrations of modern humans into Australia tell us about the range of human variation and adaptability in the past compared to the diversity we see in human populations today?

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