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The fossils called Homo floresiensis were dated to: |
18,000 yBP.
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The Neandertals’ disappearance after 30,000 yBP likely resulted from: |
their assimilation.
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Scientists define modern in terms of: |
a series of distinctive anatomical traits that contrast with archaic traits from earlier hominins.
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To date, the majority of Neandertal fossils have been found in: |
Europe
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Allen’s and Bergmann’s rules are perfect examples of natural selection working to bring about anatomical adaptations to environments in mammals. These include: |
all of the above
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In Atapeura 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heavy wear on the incisors and canines, indicating: |
the use of the front teeth for gripping materials.
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Modern humans have: |
a high vertical forehead, a round and tall skull, and small browridges. |
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Analyses of modern human genetic variation indicate that Homo sapiens may have evolved approximately: |
200,000 yBP.
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According to John Relethford, the most likely reasons for modern humans to have migrated out of Africa during the late Pleistocene include: |
loss of food supply and climate change.
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Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are sites where specimens of _________ have been discovered. |
archaic Homo sapiens
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The most distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are: |
the body and the length of the arms and legs.
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The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick indicates that it: |
looks quite different from modern Native Americans’ skulls.
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The Middle Paleolithic is associated with _________ tools which Neandertals produced. |
Mousterian
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The last Neandertals date to: |
32,000 yBP.
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Early Native Americans used which distinctive fluted spear points to hunt large-bodied Ice Age mammals? |
Folsom points
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Human beings first arrived in the Americas approximately: |
15,000 yBP.
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The discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils supports which model of modern human origins? |
assimilation
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The Herto skulls from Ethiopia: |
have a combination of archaic and modern features.
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The European archeological period that is marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art starting about 35,000 yBP is called the: |
Upper Paleolithic period.
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The Upper Paleolithic is associated with the_________ method of stone tool production: |
Levallois
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Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens have: |
a taller and wider nasal aperture, a more projecting occipital bone, larger teeth, and no chin and a longer and lower skull, a larger browridge, and a bigger and more projecting face
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The out-of-Africa model explains: |
a single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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The Multiregional Continuity hypothesis supposes that: |
the transition to modernity took place regionally and without involving replacement.
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A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is: |
shovel-shaped incisors.
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All fossils of archaic Homo sapiens and earlier Homo erectus show: |
continued reduction in skeletal robusticity and tooth size and expansion of the brain and increased cultural complexity
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