Prehistory

Question 1

Where did the first modern humans (Homo Sapiens) appear?

Answer 1

East Africa roundabouts

Question 2

When did the first the modern humans evolve?

Answer 2

300,000-200,000 years ago

Question 3

What does the Latin word Homo mean?

Answer 3

Man or human

Question 4

What was the first known human species to evolve a human like body plan?

Answer 4

Homo erectus

Question 5

When is it believed agriculture developed?

Answer 5

12,000 years or 10,000 BCE

Question 6

How many Neolithic founder crops are there?

Answer 6

8

Question 7

Where was rice first cultivated?

Answer 7

9,000 years ago or 7,000 BCE

Question 8

Where was rice first cultivated?

Answer 8

China

Question 9

Where did the oldest known rice cultivation take place?

Answer 9

Yangtze River basin in China 9,000 years ago

Question 10

What was the type of first cultivated rice?

Answer 10

Oryza sativa

Question 11

Oldest domesticated animal?

Answer 11

Dogs/wolves

Question 12

When were dogs domesticated?

Answer 12

15,000 years ago or 13,000 BCE

Question 13

What is believed to be the second oldest domesticated animal?

Answer 13

Goat

Question 15

Oldest city in

Answer 15

Catalhoyuk

Question 16

What is believed to be the oldest town?

Answer 16

Jericho

Question 17

When was Maize domesticated?

Answer 17

Around 9,000 years ago or 7,000 BCE in modern day Mexico

Question 18

What is the oldest city in Anatolia?

Answer 18

Çatalhöyük (cha-tal-HOO-yuhk)

Question 19

How long did mothers part of hunter-gatherer societies breastfeed their child for?

Answer 19

4-5 years

Question 20

How long did children breastfeed in agricultural societies breastfeed?

Answer 20

18 months

Question 21

How many children did agricultural families have?

Answer 21

About 5-7 on average

Question 23

When did speech develop in humans?

Answer 23

70,000 years ago

Question 24

When where llamas first domesticated?

Answer 24

6,000 years or around 4,000 BCE

Question 26

What is the earliest known trace of controlled fire use?

Answer 26

Daughters of Jacob's cave, Israel

Question 27

What was the first state in America that humans migrated to?

Answer 27

Alaska

Question 28

What is considered to be the 'speech gene'?

Answer 28

Forkhead box protein P2

Question 30

What is Forkhead box protein P2 commonly shortened to?

Answer 30

FOXP2

Question 31

What word is the English word 'language' derived from and what was its meaning? (Latin)

Answer 31

Lingua meaning tongue (Latin)

Question 32

What bone does the tongue attach to?

Answer 32

hyoid bone

Question 33

When did Sumer begin to rise?

Answer 33

5,500 BCE

Question 34

What is the world's earliest known text?

Answer 34

The Kish Tablet

Question 35

When does the Kish tablet date back to?

Answer 35

3,500 BCE

Question 36

What is the oldest civilization in Peru?

Answer 36

The Norte Chico civilization

Question 37

What is the proper name for the old stone age?

Answer 37

Paleolithic

Question 38

How many cradles of civilization are there?

Answer 38

6

Question 39

What is the Norte Chico civilization also known as?

Answer 39

Caral-supe civilization

Question 40

Oldest civilization in Meso-America?

Answer 40

Olmec

Question 41

When did the Olmec civilization appear?

Answer 41

1,600 BCE

Question 42

When did the last Glacial period begin?

Answer 42

115,000 years ago or around 113,000 BCE

Question 43

What isotope is carbon 14 commonly compared to in carbon dating?

Answer 43

Carbon 12

Question 44

Which isotope of Carbon is used in Carbon dating?

Answer 44

Carbon-14

Question 45

How far back does the oldest evidence of modern humans date back to?

Answer 45

300,000 years ago

Question 46

When did the last glacial period end?

Answer 46

11,000-11,700 years ago or around 9,000-10,000 BCE

Question 47

When did the peak of glacial advance or last glacial maximum occur?

Answer 47

26,500 years or around 24,500 BCE

Question 49

Oldest evidence of modern humans?

Answer 49

Jebel Irhoud, Morocco 300,000 years ago

Question 50

Second oldest evidence of modern humans?

Answer 50

Omo Kibish, Ethiopia 195,000 years ago

Question 51

Oldest evidence of behaviorally modern humans?

Answer 51

Blombas Cave, South Africa 100,000-70,000 years ago