Chapter 5 Practice Quiz

* not completed

. What tool technology is often associated with Homo erectus?

Oldowan Tradition correct incorrect

Acheulian Tradition correct incorrect

Levallois Tradition correct incorrect

Padowan Tradition correct incorrect

Aurignacian Tradition correct incorrect

* not completed

. What was the key physiological shift in hominids over time?

Expansion of the brain correct incorrect

Decrease in gut size correct incorrect

Enhancement of quality and type of food intake correct incorrect

Increase in social cooperation and hunting correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is NOT an impact of bipedalism?

Change of the carrying angle of the femur correct incorrect

Restructuring the feet and hands correct incorrect

Increase in neck and shoulder musculature correct incorrect

Increase in birthing difficulties for females correct incorrect

Allowance for larger cranial size correct incorrect

* not completed

. The famous early hominin fossil that was found 40 per cent intact from the Afar depression in Ethiopia and called "Lucy" is assigned to the species _______.

Orrorin tugenensis correct incorrect

Ardipithecus kadabba correct incorrect

Sahelanthropus tchadensis correct incorrect

Australopithecus afarensis correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is not true about early australopithecines?

Their teeth were smaller than those of apes but retained some traits correct incorrect

They had cranial capacities similar to that of chimpanzees correct incorrect

They developed hands that were more dextrous than those of apes correct incorrect

They were avid hunters correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The earliest stone tool tradition found in Tanzania dating to 2.5 to 2 million years ago is know as the ________.

Acheulian Tradition correct incorrect

Chatelperronian Tradition correct incorrect

Oldowan Tradition correct incorrect

Habilis Tradition correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The study of the processes that affect objects and beings after they are buried and become part of the archaeological record is called _______.

paleotomy correct incorrect

lithic analysis correct incorrect

taphonomy correct incorrect

agronomy correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Nariokotome boy, dated to 1.7 mya, is a Homo erectus fossil that differs from other specimens by being _______.

taller with a slim build correct incorrect

smaller thoracic canal correct incorrect

phenotypically different form correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. What impacts would the use of fire had upon Homo erectus?

Increased reliance on cooked food correct incorrect

Easier digestion and energy absorption correct incorrect

Greater socialization correct incorrect

Reduced teeth size correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The adaptations of energetic, stabilization, and temperature regulation permitted which key human ability?

Building the Oldowan pebble chopper correct incorrect

Walking correct incorrect

Endurance running correct incorrect

Tree climbing correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The earliest hominins were likely omnivorous.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Australopiths show a trend towards larger front teeth and smaller back teeth.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Many paleontologists believe that more than one species of Homo may have coexisted in eastern Africa.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Homoerectus likely only hunted big-game animals for food.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Archaeologists have recently decided that associated certain tool traditions with a hominin species is misleading.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Endurance running would have made scavenging of meat more successful.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Homoerectus likely used stone tools exclusively.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Taphonomy can be used to show if animal bones were butchered by hominins.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Early Homo's expansion of brain size was accompanied by an increase in body size.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

* not completed

. Early hominin adaptation was likely centred on food sharing and females.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect