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Question 1

Which of the following species is a potential ancestor to Australopithecus afarensis?

Answer 1

Australopithecus anamensis

Question 2

The skeleton at the Abrigo do Lagar Velho burial site is evidence that Neanderthals and modern Homo sapiens may have:

Answer 2

interbred. However, the skeleton is too young geologically to be a hybrid.

Question 3

A prime example of human symbolic expression is the cave at Lascaux, France, which contains cave art dated to how many years ago?

Answer 3

17,000

Question 4

Currently, the most ancient Homo sapiens fossils date to 195,000 years ago and are from Omo Kibish in the Omo River valley, which is in which of the following regions of the world?

Answer 4

East Africa

Question 5

Which of the following combinations of features characterizes modern humans?

Answer 5

vertical forehead and relatively small brow ridges

Question 6

True or false? Scientists are very certain about the evolutionary relationships between modern humans and all human ancestors who lived in the past.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Which of the following species is associated with the production of Venus figurines?

Answer 7

Homo sapiens

Question 8

The “Creative Explosion” is attributed to which of the following species?

Answer 8

Homo sapiens

Question 9

The Upper Paleolithic is associated with the following cultural traditions except:

Answer 9

Acheulean

Question 10

Paleolithic art more often depicted animals rather than people

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or false? Not only is Ethiopia the location of many early hominin fossil discoveries, it is also where the oldest specimen of Homo sapiens was found.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

A significant discovery at Dr. Curtis Marean’s archaeological site at Pinnacle Point, Mossel Bay, South Africa include stone tools that have been:

Answer 12

Heat treated with fire

Question 13

True or false? The 1994 discovery of an early Homo upper jaw at Hadar supports the idea that Australopithecus boisei was ancestral to Homo.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Of the following, which best characterizes pre-Homo hominins compared to apes?

Answer 14

enlarged cheek teeth, bipedalism, canine reduction

Question 15

True or false? The Regional-Continuity model of modern human origins proposes that Homo erectus in different parts of the world evolved independently into modern Homo sapiens.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false? All Homo sapiens share a common ancestry in Africa

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Blombos Cave in South Africa is dated to 70,000 years ago and is significant because of:

Answer 17

the bone tools and ochre found at the site. correct

Question 18

True or false? Tools made by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic are characterized by an extremely diverse variety of materials and forms.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false? Chauvet Cave in France is evidence that humans were creating symbolic art 30,000 years ago.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The Upper Paleolithic is characterized by:

Answer 20

Blade technology