Arky Final - Review Questions

Front 1

One of the items below can be considered an archeological feature, which one?

Back 1

Hearth next to a sleeping platform

Front 2

The earliest humans evolved 7 mya?

Back 2

False

Front 3

Where do the Hadza live?

Back 3

Tanzania

Front 4

The term "Mbuti" refers to?

Back 4

An entire ethnic group

Front 5

The average male stature among pygmy is:

Back 5

4 ft tall

Front 6

Chimpanzee phylogenetic evolution is monolithic and unilinear (true/false)

Back 6

True

Front 7

Indirect evidence of tool use may consist of the mark left on bone by cutting and scraping with stone tools? (true/false)

Back 7

True

Front 8

evolutionary theory is the paradigm in paleoanthropology? (True/False)

Back 8

True

Front 9

When was the Origin of Species (Darwin) published?

Back 9

Nov 24th 1859

Front 10

The khoi-san superfamily in the african linguistics unit containing the highest number of languages (true/false)

Back 10

False

Front 11

The most predominant feature physically of the kalahari foragers is their tall, slim bodies averaging 2 m in height. (true/false)

Back 11

False

Front 12

Humans are not the only primates to leave archeological record?

Back 12

True

Front 13

How many centres of species where defined by White (1983)?

Back 13

6

Front 14

The amount of annual precipitation in African Arid zones is:

Back 14

1-400mm

Front 15

What is the typical size (Mm) for paleobotanical micro remains such as phytoliths?

Back 15

10-30

Front 16

What is platform trimming?

Back 16

Prep work, removing overhang, straightening platform

Front 17

Prepared core technology is the preferred way to produce blades in the early stone age? (true/false)

Back 17

false `

Front 18

The oldest known hominin to date was dated by biochronometry to 7 mya?

Back 18

True

Front 19

Orrogin tagensisis is the primitive hominin dated to 6 my and its main contribution of early humans is that:

Back 19

a.) femur and thighbone are typical of bipedal species

Front 20

The genus Kenyanthropus is monotypic:

Back 20

True

Front 21

Platytops age:

Back 21

3.2-3.5 My

Front 22

How can you infer bipedalism in anamensis:

Back 22

tibia bone

Front 23

Ardipithecus radius is the only early hominin with a divergent big toe? (true/false)

Back 23

True

Front 24

Morphological adaptations for human species;position of the hyoid bone is distinctive for our species?

Back 24

True

Front 25

Fused frontal bone and mandibular symphysis characterize primates? (True/false)

Back 25

True

Front 26

Primatie hominins:

Back 26

c.) predate australopithecenes

Front 27

Primative hominins evolved in the late miocene and pliocene, date to:

Back 27

3-7 my

Front 28

Orrorin Tugenensis is hominin that predates the split between chimps and humans?

Back 28

False

Front 29

What does Sachelanthropus and Ardipithecus dentition say about primitive hominin diet?

Back 29

Plant based diet, fibrous food (nuts, roots, plants)

Front 30

How can we infer increased sociability and decrease in agonistic attitude in Ardipithecus?

Back 30

reduced canine size