12. Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals

Question 1

Occipital bun

Answer 1

A backward-projecting bulge on the occipital part of the skull.

Question 2

Mastoid process

Answer 2

A protrusion from the temporal bone of the skull located behind the ear.

Question 3

Midfacial prognathism

Answer 3

The forward projection of the middle facial region, including the nose.

Question 4

Middle Paleolithic (Middle Stone Age)

Answer 4

Stone tool industries that used prepared-core technologies

Question 5

Levallois technique

Answer 5

A Middle Paleolithic technique that made use of prepared cores to produce uniform levallois flakes.

Question 6

Juxtamastoid eminence

Answer 6

A ridge of bone next to the mastoid process; in Neandertals, it is larger than the mastoid process itself.

Question 7

Taurodontism

Answer 7

Molar teeth that have expanded pulp cavities and fused roots.

Question 8

Upper Paleolithic (Later Stone Age)

Answer 8

Stone tool industries that are characterized by the development of blade-based technology.

Question 9

Châtelperronian

Answer 9

An Upper Paleolithic tools industry that has bee found in association with later Neandertals.

Question 10

Blades

Answer 10

Flakes that are twice as long as they are wide.