Anthropology & Theology Review

Question 1

Bipedalism

Answer 1

Walks on 2 legs

Question 2

Hominid

Answer 2

Humans or human-like species in general… Ancestor or believed to be an ancestor

Question 3

Ardi-Ardipithecus Ramidus-

Answer 3

Fragmentary evidence, turned into powder

Question 4

Australopithecus

Answer 4

Genus of several proposed links

Question 5

Homo Habilis-

Answer 5

“Handy human”, found with tools

Question 6

Homo erectus-

Answer 6

Name means standing upright, arguably human, see #4–5 below

Question 7

Homo Sapiens-

Answer 7

Genus and species of modern humans

Question 8

Neanderthal-

Answer 8

See #4–5Below, larger brain capacity than modern humans

Question 9

Cro-Magnon:

Answer 9

Identical to modern humans, just lived in caves

Question 10

Articulated skeleton-

Answer 10

All of the bones found in one place

Question 11

“Lucy”

Answer 11

Australopithecus afarensis 40% of fossil found

Question 12

Explanation of Ardipithecus Ramidus

Answer 12

Bipedal on the ground yet 4 legs in trees
Small Brain

Bones Crushed to powder
Big toe is very divergent like for grasping limbs

Question 13

Explanation for A. Anamensis

Answer 13

Chinless jawbone
walked upright

Leg and jawbones found in different locations
different rock layers dated .5 million years apart

Question 14

Explanation for A. Afarensis

Answer 14

bipedal
long ape-like arms

Bipedality is debatable
Modern human arm bone found in lower layer

Question 15

Explanation for K. Platyops

Answer 15

Small air holes like ape
small molars/flat face like humans

Very poor skull condition
No skeletal bones

Question 16

Explanation for H. Habilis

Answer 16

Stated to have oppose able thumbs
Small skull capacity

Fossil fragments mixed with other species
Not conclusively bipedal

Question 17

What is now believed by evolutionists to have come first, walking upright or a growth in brain capacity?

Answer 17

Walking

Question 18

Describe the difference between multi regional and out of Africa models of human evolution.

Answer 18

Out of Africa – evil modern humans in Africa then spread out to the other countries
Multi regional – involve more rectus then spread out to the different countries and then evolved into modern humans separately

Question 19

Based on page 45 in the text, list three physical characteristics that are reasons why some scientists classify archaic humans as different from “modern humans”

Answer 19

1. Brow Ridges
2. Slanted Foreheads
3. Recessive Chins

1disease/deficiency
2ethnicity
3extreme age

Question 20

What evidence is there to suggest that Homo Erectus, and the Neanderthals are truly human like Homo sapiens?

Answer 20

Homo Erectus
- Femur bone
- Brain size = human brain size
- used tools (boats)
- controlled fire
Neanderthals 
- speech areas in brain
- buried their dead
- brains = modern humans 
- used tools + made war
- shared DNA w/ modern humans

Question 21

In the space below write a paragraph explaining the significance of the Kanapoi hominid and the Laetoli footprints according to the textbook.mention what the two finds are.

Answer 21

Kanapoi: Hominid-modern human arm bone in rock 4 million years
Laetoli: Footprints in ashes 3 million years old
*not common ancestor b/c of the modern bone found below

Question 22

Primates

Answer 22

Order containing humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs