Ch. 11 Flashcards
All of the following are cultural adaptations initially developed by Homo Erectus except?
Tool use
An animal bone with tooth marks and stone tool cut marks may provide evidence that homo Erectus scavenged for meat if
Puncture holes from carnivore teeth are found beneath cuts made by manufactured tools
Based on height calculations of homo Erectus fossils, it is estimated that they are how tall?
Tall, with males about 5’9” and females about 5’3”
Which reflects changes in homo Erectus from homo habilitation
All are correct
Homo Erectus’s brain increased about Compared to H. Habilis’s.
30 percent
Fossil evidence of cut marks made with stone tools at early hominid sites suggests that
Meat eating started before Homo Erectus but increased with more advanced technology
Homo Erectus skull morphology includes
A long, low, wide based ; thick bones and large brow ridges
Homo Erectus differed from earlier hominids in having traits such as
A larger brain
Homo habilis had traits that include
Short legs
A central all theme of human evolution is
Increasing adaptive flexibility
Modern anatomical features of the Nariokotome Boy include
Relatively short arms and long legs
The rapid spread of homo Erectus out of Africa can be attributed to
Material culture and tool use
The first hominid to migrate beyond Africa was
Homo Erectus
Relative to Oldowan tools, Acheulean stone tools
Required more learning and skills to produce
What are the differences between homo habilis and homo Erectus
Homo ere shows a reduction in the size of the face relative to brain case
Compared to australopithecines, homo habilis is characterized by a
All the above
Which species became increasingly specialized to foods that require heavy chewing
Austraopithecus
First hominid to migrate past Africa
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus fossils date to
1.8 -300,000 May
A.H. Erectus specimen from turkey dating to about 500,000 yBP demonstrates the antiquity of
Tuberculosis
Homo habilis experienced increasingly specialized to foods requiring heavy chewing
Austraopithecus
Stone tools are more commonly found on archaeological sites thought to be associated with
Homo habilis
Homo rudolfensis is morphological most similar to
Homo habilis
Anatomical evidence from fossilized hand bones that percision grip was present
In homo habilis and some anthropoids
Homo habilis differs from Austraopithecus because
It has a larger brain
Homo habilis had traits that include
Short legs
Some homo Erectus specimens had very large and robust bones while others were
Gracile
All of the following are cultural adaptations initially developed by homo Erectus except
Tool use
Homo Erectus were more robust than. Nn homo Erectus
African, Asian
The first hominin to disperse from Africa, where it originated, was
Homo Erectus
The controlled use of fire by hominids
Contributed to geographical expansion and food production techniques in positive ways
African homo Erectus cranial features include
Thick cranial bones
Paleontologists know that Acheulian hand axes were uses animals because
The wear patterns on ancient tools are similar that can be replicated experimentally
A fully clothed boy is walking through New York why does he stand out?
None of these
Fire uses at Wonderwerk Cave included
All to the above
