Exam 2 Practice Qs Flashcards
What is TRUE about the Bicondylar Angle?
a) Occurs because of Bipedalism
b) Seen in Tibia bone
c) Seen in Femur bone
A, C
What is the difference between Trabecular “spongy” & Cortical bone tissue?
a) Trabecular is exposed to RBCs
b) Cortical is Less dense
c) Trabecular does NOT have hole-like structures
A
What is TRUE about our Hands?
a) Modern humans have less Phalanx curvature
b) Phalanges are Proximal
c) Includes Metatarsals
A + B
Define Diaphysis
a) The end-point of a long bone
b) The central or shaft of a long bone
B
What is NOT true about Laetoli Footprints?
a) Date back to 3.6 mya
b) Associated with A. Africanus
c) Showed Australoiths existed in riverine forests
d) Associated with A. Afarensis
B
About 2.5 mya Australopithecines included what type of foods in their diet?
a) C3 resources
b) C4 resources
c) Bark
B
When did Homo Habilis evolve?
1) Pleistocene
2) Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
3) Paleocene -
2
When did Homo Erectus evolve?
1) 1.6 mya
2) 2.9 mya
3) 1.9 mya
3
What epoch resulted in cooler temp and ice ages?
1) Pliocene
2) Pleistocene
3) Paleocene
2
When was the end of the last ice age?
1) 15, 000 ya
2) 10, 000 - 20 kya
3) 40, 000 ya
2
When/What were the first stone tools made?
1) 2.5 mya - Oldowan
2) 4 mya - Lamewki
3) 3.1mya - Oldowan
2
What are TRUE about Handaxes?
1) Made about 2.6 mya
2) Bifacially knapped
3) Small and Oval
4) Mousterian Tool
1 + 2
H. Neandertals are related to archaic humans but NOT H. Erectus.
1) True
2) False
False.
Related to BOTH
What regions did H. Neandertals range?
1) S. Africa
2) Europe
3) North America
4) Israel
2 + 4
When was the Acheulean Stone tool’s time period?
1) 2.5 mya
2) 100ka - 70ka
3) 1.5mya - 75ka
3
Which best describes Mousterian tools?
1) Levallois knapped technique
2) Large
3) Highly specialized
1 + 3
What is NOT true of H. Neandertals?
1) Most likely had no speech
2) They had no expression of culture
3) They drew paintings and symbols on walls
4) They didn’t have access to fire
3
What is the function of Wernicke’s area?
2) To interpret speech
3) Production of speech
2
Stone awls were used to punch holes in materials. What industry did they belong to?
1) Acheulian
2) Mousterian
3) Olodowan
2
When did the first earliest modern H. Sapiens appear?
1) 75 kya
2) 300 kya
3) 200 kya
3
What species took over Europe after H. Neandertals?
1) H. heidelbergensis
2) Cro-Magnon
3) H. floriensis
Did they share Europe for an extended period?
1) Yes
2) No
2
Yes
When did H. Sapiens arrive to the Americas?
1) 10 kya
2) 30 kya
3) 20 - 15 kya
3
Which are true about Cro-Magnon species?
1) Big-time game & seafood hunters
2) Died off to starvation
3) Lived through an ice age (cold temps)
1 + 3
Where are Lamekwi Stone tools found?
1) E. Africa
2) Kenya
3) S. Africa
2
Who and When were Oldowan Stone tools discovered?
1) Leakeys in Ethiopia
2) Berger in Africa
3) Leakeys in Olduvai Tanzania
3
Anvils were a part of what Industry?
1) Oldowan
2) Acheulean
3) Lamekwi
3
List all of the Tools present in the Oldowan Industry. Aside from Cores and Flakes.
Scrapers
Choppers
List all of the Tools present in the Mousterian Industry. Aside from Levallois Point and Handaxe.
Dentriculate
Notch
Side scraper
Uni/Bi - Point
Which are the effects of Neandertal gene admixture?
1) Risk factor for Severe COVID-19
2) Adaption to Low O2 environment
3) Increased Blood Clotting
1 + 3
Which are the effects of Denisovan gene admixture?
1) Increased blood clots
2) Degree of immunity to SARS-2
3) No adaptation to Low O2 environment
2
