Exam 2 Practice Qs

Question 1

What is TRUE about the Bicondylar Angle?

a) Occurs because of Bipedalism
b) Seen in Tibia bone
c) Seen in Femur bone

Answer 1

A, C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is TRUE about our Hands?

a) Modern humans have less Phalanx curvature
b) Phalanges are Proximal
c) Includes Metatarsals

Answer 3

A + B

Question 4

Define Diaphysis

a) The end-point of a long bone
b) The central or shaft of a long bone

Answer 4

B

Question 5

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

Answer 5

B

Question 6

About 2.5 mya Australopithecines included what type of foods in their diet?

a) C3 resources
b) C4 resources
c) Bark

Answer 6

B

Question 7

When did Homo Habilis evolve?

1) Pleistocene
2) Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
3) Paleocene -

Answer 7

2

Question 8

When did Homo Erectus evolve?

1) 1.6 mya
2) 2.9 mya
3) 1.9 mya

Answer 8

3

Question 9

What epoch resulted in cooler temp and ice ages?

1) Pliocene
2) Pleistocene
3) Paleocene

Answer 9

2

Question 10

When was the end of the last ice age?

1) 15, 000 ya
2) 10, 000 - 20 kya
3) 40, 000 ya

Answer 10

2

Question 11

When/What were the first stone tools made?

1) 2.5 mya - Oldowan
2) 4 mya - Lamewki
3) 3.1mya - Oldowan

Answer 11

2

Question 12

What are TRUE about Handaxes?

1) Made about 2.6 mya
2) Bifacially knapped
3) Small and Oval
4) Mousterian Tool

Answer 12

1 + 2

Question 13

H. Neandertals are related to archaic humans but NOT H. Erectus.

1) True
2) False

Answer 13

False.

Related to BOTH

Question 14

What regions did H. Neandertals range?

1) S. Africa
2) Europe
3) North America
4) Israel

Answer 14

2 + 4

Question 15

When was the Acheulean Stone tool’s time period?

1) 2.5 mya
2) 100ka - 70ka
3) 1.5mya - 75ka

Answer 15

3

Question 16

Which best describes Mousterian tools?

1) Levallois knapped technique
2) Large
3) Highly specialized

Answer 16

1 + 3

Question 17

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

Answer 17

3

Question 18

What is the function of Wernicke’s area?

2) To interpret speech
3) Production of speech

Answer 18

2

Question 19

Stone awls were used to punch holes in materials. What industry did they belong to?

1) Acheulian
2) Mousterian
3) Olodowan

Answer 19

2

Question 20

When did the first earliest modern H. Sapiens appear?

1) 75 kya
2) 300 kya
3) 200 kya

Answer 20

3

Question 21

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

Answer 21

2

Yes

Question 22

When did H. Sapiens arrive to the Americas?

1) 10 kya
2) 30 kya
3) 20 - 15 kya

Answer 22

3

Question 23

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)

Answer 23

1 + 3

Question 24

Where are Lamekwi Stone tools found?

1) E. Africa
2) Kenya
3) S. Africa

Answer 24

2

Question 25

Who and When were Oldowan Stone tools discovered?

1) Leakeys in Ethiopia
2) Berger in Africa
3) Leakeys in Olduvai Tanzania

Answer 25

3

Question 26

Anvils were a part of what Industry?

1) Oldowan
2) Acheulean
3) Lamekwi

Answer 26

3

Question 27

List all of the Tools present in the Oldowan Industry. Aside from Cores and Flakes.

Answer 27

Scrapers
Choppers

Question 28

List all of the Tools present in the Mousterian Industry. Aside from Levallois Point and Handaxe.

Answer 28

Dentriculate
Notch
Side scraper
Uni/Bi - Point

Question 29

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

Answer 29

1 + 3

Question 30

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

Answer 30

2