Ch. 11

Question 1

All of the following are cultural adaptations initially developed by Homo Erectus except?

Answer 1

Tool use

Question 2

An animal bone with tooth marks and stone tool cut marks may provide evidence that homo Erectus scavenged for meat if

Answer 2

Puncture holes from carnivore teeth are found beneath cuts made by manufactured tools

Question 3

Based on height calculations of homo Erectus fossils, it is estimated that they are how tall?

Answer 3

Tall, with males about 5’9” and females about 5’3”

Question 4

Which reflects changes in homo Erectus from homo habilitation

Answer 4

All are correct

Question 5

Homo Erectus’s brain increased about Compared to H. Habilis’s.

Answer 5

30 percent

Question 6

Fossil evidence of cut marks made with stone tools at early hominid sites suggests that

Answer 6

Meat eating started before Homo Erectus but increased with more advanced technology

Question 7

Homo Erectus skull morphology includes

Answer 7

A long, low, wide based ; thick bones and large brow ridges

Question 8

Homo Erectus differed from earlier hominids in having traits such as

Answer 8

A larger brain

Question 9

Homo habilis had traits that include

Answer 9

Short legs

Question 10

A central all theme of human evolution is

Answer 10

Increasing adaptive flexibility

Question 11

Modern anatomical features of the Nariokotome Boy include

Answer 11

Relatively short arms and long legs

Question 12

The rapid spread of homo Erectus out of Africa can be attributed to

Answer 12

Material culture and tool use

Question 13

The first hominid to migrate beyond Africa was

Answer 13

Homo Erectus

Question 14

Relative to Oldowan tools, Acheulean stone tools

Answer 14

Required more learning and skills to produce

Question 15

What are the differences between homo habilis and homo Erectus

Answer 15

Homo ere shows a reduction in the size of the face relative to brain case

Question 16

Compared to australopithecines, homo habilis is characterized by a

Answer 16

All the above

Question 17

Which species became increasingly specialized to foods that require heavy chewing

Answer 17

Austraopithecus

Question 18

First hominid to migrate past Africa

Answer 18

Homo Erectus

Question 19

Homo Erectus fossils date to

Answer 19

1.8 -300,000 May

Question 20

A.H. Erectus specimen from turkey dating to about 500,000 yBP demonstrates the antiquity of

Answer 20

Tuberculosis

Question 21

Homo habilis experienced increasingly specialized to foods requiring heavy chewing

Answer 21

Austraopithecus

Question 22

Stone tools are more commonly found on archaeological sites thought to be associated with

Answer 22

Homo habilis

Question 23

Homo rudolfensis is morphological most similar to

Answer 23

Homo habilis

Question 24

Anatomical evidence from fossilized hand bones that percision grip was present

Answer 24

In homo habilis and some anthropoids

Question 25

Homo habilis differs from Austraopithecus because

Answer 25

It has a larger brain

Question 26

Homo habilis had traits that include

Answer 26

Short legs

Question 27

Some homo Erectus specimens had very large and robust bones while others were

Answer 27

Gracile

Question 28

All of the following are cultural adaptations initially developed by homo Erectus except

Answer 28

Tool use

Question 29

Homo Erectus were more robust than. Nn homo Erectus

Answer 29

African, Asian

Question 30

The first hominin to disperse from Africa, where it originated, was

Answer 30

Homo Erectus

Question 31

The controlled use of fire by hominids

Answer 31

Contributed to geographical expansion and food production techniques in positive ways

Question 32

African homo Erectus cranial features include

Answer 32

Thick cranial bones

Question 33

Paleontologists know that Acheulian hand axes were uses animals because

Answer 33

The wear patterns on ancient tools are similar that can be replicated experimentally

Question 34

A fully clothed boy is walking through New York why does he stand out?

Answer 34

None of these

Question 35

Fire uses at Wonderwerk Cave included

Answer 35

All to the above