Unit 10 : Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans quiz

Question 1

Early rock art from Africa may be as old as _________ years

Answer 1

• 28,000 years

Question 2

The transition between premodern and anatomically modern forms of humans may have occurred as early as 500,000 years ago in Africa. True / False

Answer 2

• False

Question 3

Lascaux and Altamira are famous for their elaborate ____________

Answer 3

• Cave paintings

Question 4

The skeletal remains of Homo floresiensis are notable for each of the following characteristics or assumptions except they came to _________ on rafts , the remains of which were recovered from the __________________

Answer 4

• Flores on rafts
• Island of Flores

Question 5

It is hypothesized that some population of inhabitants from Indonesia was the first group to colonize Australia. True / False

Answer 5

• True

Question 6

Thus far, the earliest specimens of modern Homo sapiens are from which site?

Answer 6

• Omo Kibish

Question 7

What is the benefit of an atlatl?

Answer 7

• it increases the force and distance of a spear throw

Question 8

The Upper Paleolithic culture period began in Western Europe about ________ years ago.

Answer 8

• 40,000 years ago

Question 9

According to the Regional Continuity Model, ________ prevented local populations of premodern Homo sapiens from becoming separate species.

Answer 9

• gene flow

Question 10

What is the term for the stone tool technology most often associated with the Neandertals that extended across Europe and North Africa, into the former Soviet Union, Israel, Iran, central Asia and possibly China?

Answer 10

• Mousterian