Chpt 11 Pretest

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This early researcher’s scientific approach to the origin of humans, searching for fossils to test his hypothesis rather than comparative animal anatomy, helped create the discipline of paleoanthropology.

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Dubois

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Homo habilis differs from earlier australopithecines because it

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had a larger brain

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

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H. erectus

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H. erectus’s change in limb proportions, to a body with short arms and long legs, indicates

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fully modern bipedal locomotion

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Fossils of H. erectus have been found at which of these sites in Ethiopia?

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All of these are correct

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The rapid spread of H. erectus out of Africa can be attributed in part to

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material culture and tool use

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Evidence of fire use at Wonderwerk Cave included

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All of these are correct

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The main reason that H. erectus increased in stature and body size over H. habilis is

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access to animal protein

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Evidence of tool use in H. habilis includes

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All of these are correct

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It is possible that australopithecines went extinct and Homo flourished because of

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habitat changes

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A H. erectus specimen from Turkey dating to about 500,000 yBP demonstrates the antiquity of _______________, a disease still prevalent today

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tuberculosis

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__________ H. erectus were more robust than ___________ H. erectus

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African; Asian

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H. erectus’s brain increased about ________ compared to H. habilis’s.

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30%

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If a fully clothed Nariokotome boy were walking down the streets of New York City, which feature would indicate that he was NOT a modern human

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None of these is correct.

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H. erectus was originally known as

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All of these are correct

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Your roommate, a staunch vegetarian, argues that eating meat is unhealthy. You counter this argument by noting that the latest research in paleoanthropology suggests that

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we might not be the tall, big-brained humans we are today had our hominin ancestors not eaten meat

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You come across a website that states Homo rudolfensis was a slightly larger version of Homo habilis found in Canada in the eighteenth century. Based on your knowledge of physical anthropology, though, you know that this website is bunk because

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All of these are correct

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Paleoanthropologists have found stone tool marks on Homo erectus bones, and this bit of information has been spun on TV as "cannibal hominins." A valid criticism of this sensationalistic conclusion is that

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the tool marks only indicate that flesh was removed, not whether it was consumed

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If you wanted to know what the landscape was like when Homo erectus walked Earth a million years ago, you might try to find evidence by studying

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All of these are correct

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Paleoanthropologists know that Acheulian hand axes were used to butcher animals because

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the wear patterns on ancient tools are similar to those that can be replicated experimentally

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An evolutionary argument for why women today need assistance in giving birth may be that

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the large brains of Homo sapiens infants necessitate a different pattern of childbirth events than seen in earlier hominins and primates

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During excavations at this site in China, researchers found the fossil remains of over 40 hominins

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Zhoukoudian

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These stone tools made by H. erectus belong to the ___________ tool complex

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Acheulian

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This skull shows some of the characteristics of H. erectus, including a long cranium, low forehead, large brow ridges, and

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a sagittal keel

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An animal bone such as this one may provide evidence that Homo erectus scavenged for meat if

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

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During a lab session in your physical anthropology class, you are asked to look at this tooth under magnification and state the importance of its morphology. A valid answer would be

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the ridges on the enamel can be used to figure out how quickly the tooth formed