Physical Anthropology Review 2019

Question 1

One of the earliest technologies developed by man was

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Stone Tools

Question 2

The 2 theories we discussed regarding human migration is

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Replacement and Regional Continuity Theory

Question 3

Stone nodule from which flakes are remove with a hammer stone

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Core

Question 4

Australopithecus Africanus, the earliest human ancestor found, is affectionately named

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Lucy

Question 5

The Taung child was much ______ than a modern child of the same age?

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Smaller

Question 6

In order for culture to survive from one generation to the other it needs...

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human beings

Question 7

Items recovered from prehistoric sites of human dwellings, like tools & pottery, are known as

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Artifacts

Question 8

Modern Anthropologists believe prehistoric humans evolved along a number of branches which

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means human species varied early on

Question 9

This looks at the biological, physical and behavioral changes of a species over a long period

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Evolution

Question 10

Osteodontokeratic culture is tool making that includes

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bones, teeth and antlers

Question 11

This fossil was named the missing link before the Taung child, but proved to be a hoax/fake.

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Piltdown man

Question 12

Professor Dart's discovery of the Taung child was set aside by the scientific community for

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25 Years

Question 13

This molecule has 2 strands that contain our genetic makeup

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DNA

Question 14

What lead to the development of voices

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Sweat Glands

Question 15

Stone fragment removed from the core with a blow of the hammer stone

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flake

Question 16

This field is interested in the origin and evolution of language.

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Linguistic Anthropology

Question 17

The oldest human bones have been located in Africa are about

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195,000 years old

Question 18

The lecture reveals that Neanderthal man had similar DNA to modern humans, but is still a different

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Species

Question 19

What natural discovery gave humas a huge advantage for suvival?

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The Use of Fire

Question 20

The Taung child is evidence of human life existing 2 millions years ago while

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living near other similar species

Question 21

The method that allows you to look a one culture alongside another.

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Comparative Method

Question 22

The hardened preserved remains and traces of a plant organism that lived in the past.

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Flora

Question 23

Differences in the form and size is of the 2 sexes

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sexual dimorphism

Question 24

"On the Origin of Species", the book that launched the field of anthropology was written by

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Charles Darwin

Question 25

This is the study of behavior, biology and evolution of nonhuman primates.

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Primatology

Question 26

Homo Habilis literally translates to mean

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Tool Maker/Handyman

Question 27

The remains of Taung child was found with shells and other bones in an

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Eagle's Nest

Question 28

Biological Anthropology is also called

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Physical Anthropology

Question 29

The ability to change physically and behaviorally as a means to adjust to the environment

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Adaptation

Question 30

How many difference humans skulls were found by the Leakeys in the same area form the same time

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2

Question 31

This field is interested in beliefs, rituals, attitudes and expressions of human life.

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Cultural Anthropology

Question 32

The husband and wife team whose findings shocked the scientific community regarding early human

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Louis and Mary Leakey

Question 33

The plant resin that was prehistorically associated with rituals is

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Red

Question 34

What is the greatest evolutionary change for humans according to anthropologists?

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Walking upright

Question 35

What field of Anthropology is interested in the prehistoric culture of human?

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Archaeology

Question 36

The oldest human remains places the origin of mankind in

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Africa

Question 37

According to the lecture, early ancestors had to be aware of danger on the ground and

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In the air

Question 38

This field assists law enforcement agencies through building biological profiles.

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Forensic Anthrolopogy

Question 39

The hardened preserved remains and traces of animal material that lived in the past.

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Fauna

Question 40

The one whose job it is to make stone tools is

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the knapper

Physical Anthropology Review 2019

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Physical Anthropology Review 2019

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