chp 8

Question 1

multi regional hypothesis

Answer 1

hypothesis that modern humans originated through a process simultaneous local transition from homo Erectus to Homo sapiens throughout the inhabited world

Question 2

recent African origins hypothesis

Answer 2

hypothesis that modern humans are all derived from one singular population of archaic Homo sapiens who migrated out of Africa after 100,000 years ago, replacing all other forms due to superior cultural capabilities

Question 3

auragnacian tradition

Answer 3

toolmaking tradition in Europe at beginning of upper paleolithic

Question 4

blade technique

Answer 4

method of stone tool manufacture in which long, parallel flakes are struck off edges of specially prepared core

Question 5

pressure flaking

Answer 5

technique of stone tool manufacture in which bone, antler, or wooden tool is used to press small flakes off flint or similar stone

Question 6

burin

Answer 6

stone tool with chisel like edges used for working bone, horn, antler, ivory

Question 7

entoptic phenomena

Answer 7

vision of bright, pulsating forms that is generated from central nervous system and seen in states of trance

Question 8

sahul

Answer 8

greater Australian land mass including Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea. at maximum times of glaciation these masses were continuous

Question 9

sunda

Answer 9

combined landmass of contemporary islands of java, Sumatra, borneo, Bali. continuous with Southeast Asia at times of maximum glaciation

Question 10

cognitive capacity

Answer 10

a broad concept including intelligence, educability, concept formation,

Question 11

paleoindians

Answer 11

earliest inhabitants of the Americas