Paleoanthropology- PP & Video

Question 1

Place in order:

Neanderthals
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo Sapiens
Homo Habilis
Homo erectus

Answer 1

1. Australopithecus afarensis
2. Homo Habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Neanderthals
5. Homo Sapiens

Question 2

how much of lucy’s body did they find?

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

Why was finding lucy’s body parts so rare

Answer 3

they didn’t have death rituals
scavangers could have eaten or scattered teh bone
natural events

Question 4

Who found Lucy?

Answer 4

Donald Johanson

Question 5

Who is Mary and Louis leakey?

Answer 5

famous palaeoanthropologists and archaeologist

found a homo habilis “tool maker”

found Zinj- Paranthropus

Question 6

Who is Raymond Dart?

Answer 6

Found Taung child the first human ancestor in africa.

Developed the theory of bipedolism first than brain growth

took 10 years for dart’s findings to be accepted

Question 7

features of Homo Habilis

Answer 7

name means “handy man”
Beginning of human stone technology
larger brain and human like teeth makesa sense from the need of tools
1.8-1.3 million years ago

Question 7

features of Neanderthals

Answer 7

Short, powerful physique and strong sense of smelll improved hunting.

high protein diet helped this speicies to survive early stages of the last Ice age

Brain as large as a humans’

DNA research proved this to be a seperate species from homo sapiens.

lived 130, 000-40,000 years ago

Question 8

features of Australopithecus afarensis

Answer 8

Lucy

Basically looked like a chimpanzee

not a hunter but a scavanger

Discovery of this speices proves ancestorial home of humans in africa

This tree dweller cannot swing from tree to tree

Emergance of bipedalism

The ability to stand upright gives them the advantage over predators

Question 9

features of Homo Sapiens

Answer 9

Artistic expression

Rich communication (both spoken and symbolic)

Better weapons and social structures allows for success

Took over human speices aboput 40, 000 years ago

may have sup[plemented their diets with fish

Question 10

features of Homo erectus

Answer 10

Also called upright walking ape-man

approx. 6 ft tall and similar in shape to homo sapiens, but brain is 2/3 the size

Development of complex sweat glands decreased body hair and need to pant

Body development paved the way for human speech

Harnessed the power of fire which gave light, heat, and protection on travels