GEO1211 - Quiz (Lectures 20-26)

Over the last million years, glacial-interglacial cycles have been dominated by:

What material was not used to make some of the world's first ever musical instruments?

The first hominin to unequivocally walk upright was

In Trafalgar Square, London, in last interglacial sediments, fossils of which animals are found

Before recent changes, over the past 6 ka, N. Europe and the Arctic has been broadly becoming

Which of these is not an indicator of warmer than present conditions during the UK Ipsiwchian?

Which species of the Homo genus is thought to have been the first to leave Africa?

What percentage of the neanderthal genome is still represented across modern humans?

Prior to the last 1m years, in the Quaternary the glacial-interglacial cycle was dominated by

Which of these temperature patterns best describes the climate evolution of the Holocene?

From which member of the Homo genus are modern humans though to be descended?

Bobbits Hole is the UK 'type site' for which Interglacial?

Which of these sub-Milankovitch forcing mechanisms contributes to Holocene climate variability?

In the archaeological timescale, what is the correct order?

How old are is the earliest evidence for human presence in the British Isles?

Which of these is not an interglacial period?

Which of the following is not a member of the subfamily Homoninae?

When did the 'Anthropocene' begin?

Which of these events did not occur in the Medieval Warm Period?

During which interglacial is there no evidence of human presence in the British Isles?

The earliest evidence of human presence in the British Isles comes in what form?

During the Younger Dryas, average temperatures in the UK are thought to have been

The UN has suggested that by 2100 global population may be just over

How tall was Homo floresiensis?

The Ipswichian interglacial is

How many 'cradles of civilisation' are there argued to have been?

Which of these ancient civilisations was not affected by the 4.2 kyr event?

The city of Exeter was established by who?

Radiocarbon has a half life of...

How many proglacial lake outburst events are thought to be associated with the Younger Dryas?

Which species of the Homo genus is thought to have been the first to use fire?

During the last interglacial, the Greenland ice sheet was

Which of these is not a climatic period associated with the Holocene?

The Hoxnian interglacial is

In the UK, the Younger Dryas was originally called...

Through the Holocene, have glaciers around the world

Which of these did not go extinct in the early Holocene megafaunal extinction of N America?

Which of the following events characterises the Neolithic Revolution?

Evidence for the last interglacial period in the UK cannot be found in

General consensus is that the Younger Dryas was caused by...

Of these animals, which was domesticated most recently?

How long did the Younger Dryas abrupt climate change event last?

How old is the Venus of Hohle Fels?

Which of these members of the Homo genus did not coexist with modern humans?

Which of the following is not a climatic 'event' or period associated with the late Holocene?

How long did the 8.2 kyr event last?

Of these plants/foodstuffs, which was first domesticated in the Americas?

Varves are...

Which are the following have been argued to be features of the Anthropocene?

What were the first animals to be 'domesticated'?