Paleoanthropology

Question 1

Paleoanthropology

Answer 1

The study of human origins

Question 2

Hominins

Answer 2

a primate family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors, and some of the great apes

Question 3

Derived characteristics of huimans

Answer 3

• Upright posture
• Bipedal locomotion
• Larger brains
• Language capabilities and symbolic thought
• Manufacture and use of COMPLEX tools
• Shortened jaw
• Shorter digestive tract

Question 4

Australopiths

Answer 4

paraphyletic assemblage of hominins living between 4-2MA

Question 5

Robust australopith

Answer 5

hard sturdy skulls; powerful jaws

Question 6

Gracile australopiths:

Answer 6

more slender and had lighter jaws

Question 7

Hominins began to walk on two legs about ___ MA

Answer 7

1.9

Question 8

The oldest evidence of tool use is ___ MA

Answer 8

2.5

Question 9

Homo habilis

Answer 9

The earliest fossils placed in our genus

Question 10

The Homo habilis fossils range from ___ to ___ MA

Answer 10

2.4 - 1.6

Question 11

Homo ergaster

Answer 11

the first fully bipedal, large-brained hominid, located in africa

Question 12

Homo ergaster existed between ___ and ___ MA

Answer 12

1.9 - 1.5

Question 13

Homo ergaster shows a decrease in ______ _________

Answer 13

sexual dimorphism

Question 14

Homo neanderthalensis

Answer 14

a thick-boned and larger brained species living in Europe

Question 15

Homo sapiens

Answer 15

species from which all living humans are descended from, originating in Africa

Question 15

Homo neanderthalensis lived in Europe from ___,____ to __,____ years ago

Answer 15

200,000 to 28,000

Question 16

Homo sapiens appeared in Africa ___,___ years ago

Answer 16

195,000

Question 17

The oldest fossils of Homo sapiens outside of Africa date back ___,____ years ago in the Middle East

Answer 17

115,000

Answer 18

Homo habiis - 2.4-1.6 MA
Homo ergaster - 1.91-1.5 MA
Homo neanderthalensis - 200,000 - 28,000 years ago
Homo sapiens - 195,000 years