Chapter 3 Student Quiz

. The first known hominin to leave the continent of Africa was:

Homo sapiens

Homo erectus

Homo neanderthalensis

Australopithecus africanus

. The relationship between skeletally modern humans and Neandertals has been clarified recently by:

New archaeological sites in Turkey.

DNA analysis.

The discovery of Denisovans.

Research conducted in Indonesia.

. The Pleistocene was characterized by a climate that was:

A long, continuous Ice Age.

A period of uninterrupted global cooling.

A trend of global cooling, though with some episodes of warming.

A period of global warming.

. During the Pleistocene, the continent of Africa was:

Largely covered in ice.

Impacted in terms of weather patterns and vegetation.

Much warmer than it is today.

Unaffected by the climate in Europe.

. The postcranial skeleton of H. erectus was:

Much like ours.

Generally ape-like.

A mosaic of ape-like and modern features.

Identified by large brow ridges and sloping foreheads.

. The site of Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia includes:

H. erectus associated with Oldowan tools.

H. erectus associated with Acheulian tools.

H. neanderthalensis associated with Oldowan tools.

H. erectus associated with no tools.

. Analysis of skeletal remains and tools shows that:

There is a clear correlation between taxonomy and specific tool industry.

There is no clear correlation between taxonomy and specific tool industry.

All species of hominins produced Oldowan tools at some point in their history.

Tool production in Australia is connected to Australopithecus.

. H. heidelbergensis, compared to H. erectus, is:

Similar in skeletal structure and brain size.

Similar in brain size, but with a more modern skeleton.

Similar in skeleton, but with a more modern brain size.

Similar in neither brain size nor in skeletal anatomy.

. Horse bones at Zhoukoudian in China show some evidence of:

Cooking.

Hunting.

Domestication.

Horsemanship.

. A model for the spread of anatomically modern humans that suggests that modern humans were able to interbreed with other hominin populations such as Neandertals and Denisovans is the:

Multiregional model.

Recent single origin model.

Assimilation model.

Wavepoint model.

. The movement of Homo sapiens out of Africa after 70,000 to 60,000 years ago with a cultural package of complex behaviors is sometimes called:

"Out of Africa."

"Out of Africa 2."

Transhumanism

Bering Land Bridge Theory

. On what factors does spoken language depend?

Large, complex brains.

Fine control over facial and oral muscles.

A specific vocal tract structure.

All of the above.

. What is one cue that Neandertals may have been capable of spoken language?

Neandertals left engraved evidence of language in cave walls.

Neandertals were skeletally similar to us, so must have also been capable of speech.

Neandertals could interbreed with anatomically modern humans, therefore they were capable of all the same actions as modern humans.

Neandertals carried the FOXP2 gene that is important for fine motor control used in spoken language.

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