Week 7

Question 1

Primate

Answer 1

mammals that are adapted to life in trees, eat wide variety of food, invest time into care in a few offspring

Question 2

Uniparous

Answer 2

Having one baby at a time

Question 3

Humans are?

Answer 3

Apes

Question 4

Time depth

Answer 4

The diff between old events and very old events usually over millions over years ago

Question 5

Fossil Record

Answer 5

It is fragmentary because most organisms don’t get buried or become fossils.

Question 6

Hominin

Answer 6

The group of modern humans, extinct humans species, and immediate ancestor

Question 7

Prognathism

Answer 7

The outward projectedness of a face or skull

Question 8

Dexterity

Answer 8

the ability to manipulate our hands and fingers

Question 9

Bipedalism

Answer 9

The ability to walk on two legs

Question 10

Facultative Bipeds

Answer 10

Temporarily able to walk on two legs

Question 11

Why be Bipedal?

Answer 11

Frees the hands for other use and more energy efficient

Question 12

Cons of Bipedalism

Answer 12

Injuries can occur like slipped disk joint pain also childbirth more difficult

Question 13

Ardipithecus Group

Answer 13

The earliest humans an closest link to other primates

Question 14

Ardipithecus Ramidus

Answer 14

“Ardi” famous skeletal remains for human primate with grasping toe and other primate features

Question 15

Australopithecines Group

Answer 15

A group of Human primates that were known to be Obligate Bipeds and had large molars, U shaped dental arcade, slightly larger height than previous groups

Question 16

Lucy

Answer 16

Famous skeletal remains of a hominin from the Australopithecines Group

Question 17

Latoli Foot prints

Answer 17

A discovered pair of footprints that are believed to have belonged by a male and female Australopithecines Hominin

Question 18

Paranthropus Group

Answer 18

A group of hominids that are divided into two different types: Gracile (narrow) or Robust (thicker) skull

Question 19

Niche

Answer 19

The match of a species to an environmental location

Question 20

Robust Australopithecines

Answer 20

Had large chewing muscles , Huge molars, Flared face

Question 21

Oldowan Tools

Answer 21

Stone tools have been found in 3.3 mya (i think that means million) very simple usually a rock with sharp or jagged edge

Question 22

Homo Habilis

Answer 22

Oldest member of Genus Homo. “handy man” skeletal remains with somewhat prognathic face, slightly increased brain size, likely were scavengers not hunter

Question 23

Homo Rudolfensis

Answer 23

another species similar to habilis but slightly larger brain size and molars

Question 24

Homo Erectus

Answer 24

Our closest ancestor to the homo sapien, it skeleton features a larger brain and the ability to stand up right

Question 25

Omnivores

Answer 25

animals that eat both plants and animals

Question 26

Acheulean Tools

Answer 26

A more complicated version of stone tones, a common known tear shaped edge for example

Question 27

Persistence hunting

Answer 27

A method of hunting that involves chasing prey until it is exhausted. Homo sapiens excelled at this

Question 28

Island Dwarfism

Answer 28

Big creatures get smaller (happens cus less resources available)

Question 29

Island Gigantism

Answer 29

Small creatures get bigger (happens cus more resources available or less predators)

Question 30

AMH

Answer 30

Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens

Question 31

Archaic humans

Answer 31

the species of human from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens

Question 32

Homo heidelbergensis

Answer 32

aka Homo erectus 2.0, taller, larger brain, likely ate more meat and hunted more. Common ancestor to both modern humans and neanderthals.

Question 33

Homo Neanderthalensis

Answer 33

Last species of hominin to share earth with modern humans. They had a larger brain capacity than modern humans, and were more adapted to colder climate

Question 34

Bergman’s Rule

Answer 34

Cold adapted animals are large (wider Torsos) and have reduced surface area for less heat loss

Question 35

Allen’s Rule

Answer 35

Cold adapted animals have short limbs reducing surface area where heat would escape

Question 36

Mousterian stone tools

Answer 36

A more advanced version of stone tool that featured noches and teeth

Question 37

Levallois Technique

Answer 37

The method to making mousterian tools by breaking flakes off a core stone

Question 38

Homo Naledi

Answer 38

A species of hominin with a skull similar to homo but with a body like australopithecine. There were 18 individuals found in a cave once believed to be burial grounds