ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 1 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD
ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 1 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD
Ashford ANT 202 Week 1 Quiz Answers
Question 1
Archaeologists have as their focus:
artifacts
the biological history of the human species
the material remains of human behavior
tribal societies
Question 2
The Miocene Epoch is dated to:
235 million to 65 million years ago
1.5 million to 10,000 years ago
23 million to 5 million years ago
10,000 years ago to the present
Question 3
Paleoanthropologists have as their focus:
artifacts
the biological history of the human species
the material remains of human behavior
tribal societies
Question 4
Analysis of the health status of an ancient individual and the analysis of markers of disease, malnutrition, and trauma is called:
paleopathology
osteogenesis
foraminfera
thermoluminescence
Question 5
An adaptation is:
a “strategy” for survival
a change in behavior
an invented pattern
an improvement or refinement in some biological characteristic
Question 6
Catastrophists were thinkers who believed that the Earth:
had been in decline since creation largely as the result of volcanic eruptions and floods
would be destroyed in the not too distant future
was formed in the Big Bang
was ancient
Question 7
The flint implements found by Boucher de Perthes were dated on the basis of:
radiocarbon dating
potassium/argon dating
stratigraphy
seriation
Question 8
An artifact is best defined as:
anything found at an archaeological site
the physical remains of human beings or human ancestors
anything made and used by a human or human ancestor
a complex tool found at an archaeological site
Question 9
Today, grass species are responsible for about 50% of photosynthesis in the tropics. Carbon isotope analysis shows that at about 10 million years ago, during the Miocene, grass species were responsible for what percentage of photosynthesis in the tropics:
1%
20%
50%
99%
Question 10
The oldest evidence for bipedal primates dates to the period:
between 6 million and 7 million years ago
5 million to 4 million years ago
about 3.5 million years ago
about 2.5 million years ago
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