Feb 6/23 Lecture

Question 1

La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, led Boule to make what misinterpretation about Neanderthals

Answer 1

She thought they were brutish and dim witted w a stooped over appearance and shuffled walk

Question 2

Neanderthals- brains are about the same size as

Answer 2

Modern humans

Question 3

Neanderthals- average cranial capacity (800, 1260, 1480, 1500)cc

Answer 3

1480

Question 4

Neanderthals- ____ and ____ skulls w large occipital torus

Answer 4

Long and low skulls

Question 5

Neanderthals- _______, ______ brow ridge (supraoribital torus)

Answer 5

Large, arched

Question 6

Neanderthals- (small, big, no) chin

Answer 6

No chin

Question 7

Neanderthals- _______ noses and mid face

Answer 7

Large

Question 8

Neanderthals- stature?

Answer 8

Short and stocky

Question 9

Neanderthals- exhibit…

Answer 9

Musculoskeletal hypertrophy

Question 10

La Ferrassie, France, revealed what

Answer 10

50,000 year old male, female and 5 juveniles intentionally buried

Question 11

Shanidar Cave, Iraq revealed what

Answer 11

50,000 year old severely injured individual and flower pollen indicated caring and compassion

Question 12

Kebabs Cave, Israel, revealed what

Answer 12

60,000 year old well-preserved skeleton w hyoid bone

Question 13

Neanderthal hyoid bone is the same as modern humans which indicates what

Answer 13

Neanderthals may be able to speak

Question 14

A gene called ________ plays a role in developing language

Answer 14

FOXP2

Question 15

Neanderthals developed what tool tradition

Answer 15

Mousterian tool tradition

Question 16

Neanderthals used Mousterian tools, which include

Answer 16

Scrapers and triangular points, more mall flake tools than large hand axes