ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 2 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD

ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 2 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD

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Ashford ANT 202 Week 2 Quiz Answers
Question 1

Premodern Homo sapiens shows up in the fossil record about how long ago:
 1 million years ago 
 400,000 years ago 
 250,000 years ago 
 100,000 years ago 

Question 2

The greater robusticity seen in the skeletons of Neandertals when compared to anatomically modern human beings:
 is seen only in adult examples of Neandertals 
 shows up first in Neandertals in their teen years 
 is seen only in male Neandertals 
 is seen even in the youngest Neandertals—one as young as 6 months old when it died—yet found

Question 3

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, numerous stone flakes were produced. Wear pattern analysis has shown that these flakes:
 are simply waste and served no further function 
 were buried with the dead, implying the use of symbols among these hominins
 were used as cutting and scraping tools 
 were placed on arrow shafts and used in hunting 

Question 4

The oldest handaxes have been found at:
 Kokisekei 4 in Kenya 
 Trinil in Java 
 Attirampakkam in India 
 the Huon Peninsula in New Guinea 

Question 5

Examination of Homo erectus cranial endocasts indicates that the hemispheres of its brain were:
 symmetrical, like in apes 
 asymmetrical, like in modern people 
 symmetrical, like in modern people 
 asymmetrical, like in apes 

Question 6

The Pleistocene is marked by:
 a single, long-term advance of glacial ice in the northern latitudes and higher elevations
 four separate phases of advance of glacial ice in the northern latitudes and higher elevations, with warmer periods in between
 worldwide cooling with even tropical areas experiencing significant snowfall 
 a complex series of glacial advances and retreats 

Question 7

The fossil species Homo erectus dates to what period:
 3 million to 1 million years ago 
 1.8 million to .4 million years ago 
 1.5 million to .8 million years ago 
 15 million to 5 million years ago 

Question 8

The Sima de los Huesos site is of great significance in our analysis of the Neandertals because:
 there are several intentional graves in the cave 
 there is evidence of cannibalism at this Neandertal site 
 the more than two dozen individuals recovered represent a very early form of Neandertal or “pre-Neandertal”
 the Neandertals found in the cave are the youngest ever recovered; they represent a population of the last Neandertals

Question 9

Some researchers see evidence for compassion on the part of the Neandertals in:
 fossils that show that some Neandertals survived severe trauma or chronic disease
 their placing flowers on graves 
 their strict vegetarian diet 
 their peaceful coexistence with smaller, weaker anatomically modern human beings

Question 10

The pre-Neandertals at Sima de los Huesos exhibited about what proportion of the standard “classic” Neandertal features:
 two-thirds 
 one-half 
 one-third 
 zero





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