ANT 280 Final Exam | Questions with Verified Answers
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ANT 280 Final Exam | Questions with Verified Answers It is likely that modern Homo sapiens interbred with the Neanderthals and the Denisovans. True Neanderthals took care of their injured and sick as well as deliberately buried their dead. True Advances in ____ have added to evidence that suggest...
It is likely that modern Homo sapiens interbred with the Neanderthals and the
Denisovans.
True
Neanderthals took care of their injured and sick as well as deliberately buried their
dead.
True
Advances in ____ have added to evidence that suggests a more complex connection
between modern Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals
ancient DNA analysis
Archaic Homo sapiens are technically considered the same species as humans today.
True
Neanderthals were geographically diverse, living all over the Old World, including in
Africa and East Asia.
False
The Later Stone Age and the Pleistocene Period end with the ____ tradition, noted for
fine bone tool work including barbed spearheads and fishhooks
Magdalenian
Which of the following is a line of evidence that has helped inform our understanding of
the climate of the Pleistocene?
The study of oxygen isotopes preserved in the shells of marine invertebrates
While more intelligent than their previous relatives, Neanderthals may not have been
nearly as intelligent modern humans
True
One skull trend across hominin evolution that reaches an extreme with modern Homo
sapiens is
reduction in face size
Which of the following is a hunting technology developed during the Upper Paleolithic?
Atlatl
Prehistoric Native Americans were comprised of many groups of Homo, including
Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo floresiensis
False
, As compared to the Neanderthals, Middle Stone Age fossil humans found in Africa
reflect more
cultural complexity
The Denisovans share up to 5% of their DNA with modern Melanesians, aboriginal
Australians, and Polynesians.
True
One of the most remarkable aspects of Homo naledi is the species'
relatively primitive features
The "Ice-Free Corridor" and "Coastal Route" are two competing models that explain
how
prehistoric Native Americans crossed Beringia
There was most likely one momentous event in which people migrated from Africa into
the Middle East.
False
The term "Cro-Magnon" most accurately refers to
the remains for four adults and one infant found in a rock shelter in France dating to
28,000 years ago
In terms of skeletal features, Middle Stone Age fossil humans found in Africa
do not exhibit defining modern Homo sapiens features
Sunda and Sahul were
prehistoric land masses traversed by modern human Asians due to lowered sea levels
It is generally agreed upon that Archaic Homo sapiens lived between 600,000 and
200,000 years ago.
True
The postcranial slenderness seen in modern Homo sapiens is a probable adaptation for
long-distance running
In the case of ancient hominins, aDNA is often collected from
bone and teeth
The mineral-based pigment called ____, was used by early modern Homo sapiens to
color many artifacts and features
Ochre
Archaic Homo sapiens appear in the fossil record during the Pleistocene epoch, an
epoch marked by great climatic stability
False
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