Feb 3/23 Lecture

Question 1

How long ago did homo naledi live

Answer 1

236,000- 335,000 years ago

Question 2

Many homo naledi fossils were found in what cave system

Answer 2

Rising Star Cave System in South Africa

Question 3

Homo naledi has a small cranial capacity and features like what other early humans

Answer 3

Australopithecines and early homo

Question 4

Homo erectus migrated to Western Europe by…

Answer 4

1.2 mya

Question 5

Where was home antecessor found and when does it date to

Answer 5

Found in Spain, dates 1.2m-800,000 years ago

Question 6

What are 2 sites that homo antecessor was found (Northern Spain)

Answer 6

Sima del elefante cave and gran dolina

Question 7

Home heidelbergensis dates to…

Answer 7

600,000 to 400,000 years ago

Question 8

Home heidelbergensis is the ancestor of _________ in Eurasia and ______ ______ in Africa

Answer 8

Neanderthals, modern humans

Question 9

Homo heidelbergensis had what that is less angular than homo erectus

Answer 9

Rounded occipital region

Question 10

Sima de los Huesos (northern Spain) revealed how many individuals

Answer 10

At least 28

Question 11

Schoningen Germany revealed what

Answer 11

337,000 to 300,000 year old wooden spears in association w stone tools and butchered animals

Question 12

Boxgrove site, England, revealed what

Answer 12

524,000 to 420,000 year old horse scapula w circular puncture, >100 hand axes, homo heidelbergensis tibia

Question 13

Neanderthals sites range from

Answer 13

Western Europe to siberia

Question 14

Neanderthal roots in Europe date to over

Answer 14

300,000 years ago

Question 15

“Classic” Neanderthals date to

Answer 15

130,000 to 30,000 years ago