Biocultural and Social Evolution.

Question 1

The mutual, interactive evolution of human biology and culture

Answer 1

Biocultural Evolution

Question 2

evolution of society

Answer 2

Social Evolution

Question 3

Describes how organisms evolve
over generations through the
inheritance of physical or behavioral
traits.

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Theory of Evolution

Question 4

Theory of Evolution is formulated in what book

Answer 4

“On the Origin of Species” published
in 1859.

Question 5

Who wrote “On the Origin of Species”

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Charles Darwin

Question 6

Hominid means

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Great apes or manlike primate

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Hominid conditions

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any human-like species who are bipedal and intelligent

Question 8

an extinct primate and believed to be the ancestor of orangutan

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Ramapithecus

Question 9

Group of extinct primates closely
related to, if not actually ancestors of,
modern human beings.

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Australopithecus

Question 10

One of the oldest known human
ancestors.

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Lucy

Question 11

Lucy is found in

Answer 11

Hadar, Ethiopia. in 1974

Question 12

Due to its skull shape, believed to have
the ability to speak.

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Homo habilis

Question 13

Homo Habilis is also called:

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Handy Man

Question 14

Called the “________” due to their use of
tools particularly stone flakes to use as
weapons and protection from their
enemies.

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Handy Man

Question 15

• Stands at about 4 feet
• Small brain
• Used crude stone to defend from
  predators

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Zinjanthropus

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• 5 feet tall
• Brain double the size of a
  chimpanzee’s brain
• Used more refined stone tools

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Lake Turkana Boy

Question 17

Lake Turkana Boy is found in

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Lake Turkana, Kenya
by Dr. Richard Leakey

Question 18

Zinjanthropus is found in

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Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
by Dr. Louis Leakey

Question 19

Homo Erectus is also known as

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Upright Man

Question 20

Can stand upright

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Homo Erectus

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Discovered fire and used tools
extensively (raft for water
travel)

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Homo Erectus

Question 22

Almost same brain size as
modern humans but different
skull and face structure

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Homo Erectus

Question 23

• About 5 feet tall
• Could walk upright
• Heavy and chinless jaw
• Hairy body of modern man

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Java Man

Question 24

• About 5’2” tall
• Could walk upright
• Brain almost as large as the
  modern man
• Believed to lived 500,000 years
  ago.
• Found in Peking, China

Answer 24

Peking Man

Question 25

Believed to be the direct descendant of modern man as they also have similar physical descriptions.

Answer 25

Homo Sapiens

Question 26

Homo Sapiens' activities were largely dependent on

Answer 26

hunting, fishing and agriculture. Buried their dead, used hand tools and had religion.

Question 27

Heavily built with powerful jaws and brutish and primitively intelligent

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Neanderthalensis

Question 28

More developed brain and stronger than neanderthals

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Cro-Magnon

Question 29

First early modern humans to settle in Europe

Answer 29

Cro-Magnon

Question 30

A process by which structural reorganization is affected through time.

Answer 30

Socio-cultural Evolution

Question 31

Early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees

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Paleolithic Period

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Stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding,

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Neolithic Period

Question 33

The final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans.

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Neolithic Period

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Hunters and gatherers.

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Paleolithic Period

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Used basic bone and stone tools for hunting birds and wild animals.

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Paleolithic Period

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Dependence on domesticated plants or animals,

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Neolithic Period

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Settlement in permanent villages

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Neolithic Period

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Paleolithic means

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Old stone age

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Neolithic means

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New stone age

Question 40

primarily survive by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering plants.

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Hunting and Gathering Society

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pasture animals for food and transportation

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Pastoral Society

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rely on cultivating fruits, vegetables, and plants

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Horticultural Society

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cultivating crops over large areas and raising farm animals

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Agricultural Society

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form of society based on ownership of land

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Feudal Society

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based on using machines to produce goods

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Industrial Society

Question 46

shaped by the human mind, aided by computer technology

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Post-industrial Society