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Paleoanthropology, Early Hominins
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1
By the end of
Homo erectus
(400kya) which lifeways had already evolved
wood tools
shelters
fire
art
2
How long ago did the earliest
Australopithecines
live?
4.2 - 3.8 mya
2.0 - 1.5 mya
3 - 2 mya
6 mya
3
Which of the following fossils is oldest?
Australopithecus sediba
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus afarensis
4
Speciation from
Homo habilis
into
Homo erectus
was probably cladogenesis.
True
False
5
The "pencil test" can be used to identify which species?
Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Australopithecus anamensis
Homo habilis
6
I am a gracile Australopithecine from South Africa with a parabolic shape to my upper jaw.
Ardipithicus ramidus
Australopithecus aethiopicus
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanis
7
Which of the following was discovered in East Africa?
Australopithecus africanus
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus aethiopicus
8
Which of the following fossils is most well known and contains most discovered individuals?
Australopithecus garhi
Orrorin tugenesis
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanis
9
I am from the genus Australopithecus, I have large teeth and large chewing muscles. Who am I?
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Ardipithecus ramidus
10
Which of the following is
NOT
a component of Oldowan tools
Blade
Chopper
Flake
Hammer stone
11
What lifeways define the genus
Paranthropus
?
Material culture
Chewing (lots of it)
Language
Bipedalism
12
Which is
not
an anatomical trait of
Homo erectus?
"visor-like" brow ridges
"sagittal keel"
1200cc brain size
modern height (5-6ft)
13
Homo habilis
is well known for what lifeways?
Acheulean tools
Oldowan tools
Hunting
free standing structures
14
The Zhoukoudian "Peking Man" and the "Turkana Boy"
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
15
Which
Genus
did
Homo
evolve out of?
Paranthropus
africanus
Ardipithecus
Australopithecus
16
I am a robust Australopithecine from East Africa. My brain is 410cc, who am I?
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus africanis
Australopithecus boisei
Australopithecus aethiopicus
17
What lifeways define the genus
Australopithecus
?
Chewing (lots of it)
Language
Material culture
Bipedalism
18
What evidence tells us that
Ardipithicus ramidus was bipedal?
thin enamel
curved pedal phalanges
stature (120 cm, 3.9ft)
femur and os coxa
19
Where was
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
discovered?
Chad (Central Africa)
Europe
South Africa
East Africa
20
Compared to Australopithecus,
Homo habilis
had which of the following?
larger brain size
smaller teeth
smaller face
all of these
21
How long ago did bipedalism begin to evolve in Hominins?
3 - 2 mya
4.5 mya
7 mya
2.5 mya
22
What lifeways define the genus
Homo
?
Language
Chewing (lots of it)
Bipedalism
Material culture
