ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 2 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD
ANT 202 ANT202 WEEK 2 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHFORD
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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