Test 2 Flashcards
Raymond Dart is credited with the discovery of______
Australopithecus Africanus
Were Australopithicines bipedal ?
Yes
Robert “Boom Boom” Broom was credited with the discovery of _____
Paranthropus Robustus
What is considered the cradle (womb) of humankind?
Olduvai (Oldupai) Gorge
Louis and Mary Leakey were credited with the discovery of ______
Australopithecus, now known as ( Paranthropus Boisei)
Donald Johanson is credited with the discovery of _____
Australopithecus Afarensis
the “Genus” Paranthropus includes the species____
- Bosei
2. Robustus
the “Genus” Australopithecus includes the species _____
- Africanus
2. Afarensis
Homo Habilis is believed to have made Oldowan tools by _____
2.4 MYA
Louis and Mary Leaky found Homo Habilis in year______
1960
Olduvai (oldupai) Gorge is named after the_____
Oldupai plant (a wild sisal)
Homo Habilis was a _______
- bipedal
- meat eater (also ate plants)
- had larger brain than australopithcines
Homo Erectus was originally called _______
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Eugene Dubois is credited with the discovery of ________
Homo Erectus
where was “Peking Man” found ?
Dragon Bone Hill (Choukoutien)
Peking man was thought to hunt or exploit up to how many kinds of animals?
96 different mammals
what happened to the Homo Erectus specimens?
lost in 1941 (due to war)
roughly 70% of food bone at Choukoutien came from what animal?
deer
Roughly 40% of the skeletons at Choukoutien were _____
sub-adult
Choukoutien is the name for what excavation site?
Dragon Bone Hill
Which different species remains can be found at Olduvai Gorge? (3 of them)
- Paranthropus Boisei
- Homo Habilis
- Homo Erectus
At different times “bosei” remains have been assigned to the genus of (3 of them)
- Zinjanthropus
- Australopithecus
- Paranthropus (current genus)
Homo Erectus tools are called_______
Acheulean tools
Did Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, and the Australopithicines ever leave Africa?
yes
What group of people may have the world’s longest unbroken culture?
Australian Aborigines
How long does it appear Australian Aborigines have been in Australia?
over 40,000 years
What is the Didgeridu?
a musical instrument that may connect you with the past
How long ago does Australian Aborigine cave art date back too?
30,000 years ago, roughly
Male Neandertals had a cranial capacity on average of ______
1550 cc’s
which is greater than ours today
Neandertals tools are known as______
Mousterian tools
who/what are credited with the ?
- first burials
- successful surgeries
Neandertals
Some Neandertal DNA can be found in ?
modern humans
Who tracks elephant poaching in Africa?
National Geographic “Warlords of Ivory”
Up to how many African Elephants are slaughtered every year for their tusks?
30,000
The poached ivory is sold for?
weapons used by terrorists (like ISIS and others) to kill europeans, africans, americans, and others
How long have the Hadzabe been hunter/gatherers for?
10,000 years
The Iraqw used to live in underground houses because ?
to hide/protect from raiding Maasai tribe and others
Are the Maasai hunter/gathers and always have been?
no
The Datooga are mainly known for their skill in _______
metalworking
make bracelets and spoons and arrows they can identify as their own
What is the Great American Triade (the three sisters)?
- corn
- beans
- squash
Corn was domesticated from _____
Teosinte
Who named and explained the “Oases Theory”?
V. Gordon Childe
Is agriculture much more labor intensive than food foraging?
yes