Question 1

Which of the following has NOT been suggested as an explanation for why Upper Paleolithic people made cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)  The paintings were fertility magic, intended to increase the number of game animals. 
B)  The paintings gave Homo erectus a way of recording and transmitting information across generations. 
C)  The paintings were historical representations. 
D)  The paintings were associated with rites of passage. 
E)  The paintings were magical representations of successful hunts. 
A)  The paintings were fertility magic, intended to increase the number of game animals. 
B)  The paintings gave Homo erectus a way of recording and transmitting information across generations. 
C)  The paintings were historical representations. 
D)  The paintings were associated with rites of passage. 
E)  The paintings were magical representations of successful hunts.

Question 2

The Clovis tradition-a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear-flourished

Accepted Answer

A)  in the central plains, on their western margins, and in what is now the eastern United States between 12,000 and 11,000 B.P. 
B)  widely all across the Americas, with archaeological evidence of its reach as far south as Tierra del Fuego. 
C)  as the dominant and exclusive cultural tradition of the Americas between 18,000 and 12,000 B.P. 
D)  around 18,000 B.P. in northeastern Asia, making possible the successful crossing of the Bering sea into North America. 
E)  in Sahul, the land mass connecting Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, around 50,000 B.P. 
A)  in the central plains, on their western margins, and in what is now the eastern United States between 12,000 and 11,000 B.P. 
B)  widely all across the Americas, with archaeological evidence of its reach as far south as Tierra del Fuego. 
C)  as the dominant and exclusive cultural tradition of the Americas between 18,000 and 12,000 B.P. 
D)  around 18,000 B.P. in northeastern Asia, making possible the successful crossing of the Bering sea into North America. 
E)  in Sahul, the land mass connecting Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, around 50,000 B.P.

Question 3

There is much debate among scientists about when, where, and how anatomically modern humans achieved behavioral modernity. Some researchers suggest that about 50,000 years ago a genetic mutation acted to rewire the human brain, allowing for an advance in language and other related modern behaviors. Others propose

Accepted Answer

A)  that drastic climatic changes 40,000 years ago led archaic humans to turn to ritual-a definite sign of behavioral modernity-to explain the unforeseen environmental changes that suddenly altered their way of life. 
B)  that the advent of the nuclear family within larger nomadic groups made possible intense social interactions that triggered more complex social behaviors. 
C)  a culinary hypothesis, suggesting that Homo's capacity to increase the range of foods in the diet triggered the necessary brain development to make modern behaviors possible. 
D)  that instead of a sudden event in Europe due to a mutation, behavioral modernity resulted from a slow process of cultural accumulation within Africa, where Homo sapiens became fully human long before 40,000 years ago. 
E)  a hearth hypothesis, suggesting that the most important trigger to behavioral modernity was Homo's capacity, achieved 50,000 years ago, to manipulate fire and thus live in caves and cook their meat. 
A)  that drastic climatic changes 40,000 years ago led archaic humans to turn to ritual-a definite sign of behavioral modernity-to explain the unforeseen environmental changes that suddenly altered their way of life. 
B)  that the advent of the nuclear family within larger nomadic groups made possible intense social interactions that triggered more complex social behaviors. 
C)  a culinary hypothesis, suggesting that Homo's capacity to increase the range of foods in the diet triggered the necessary brain development to make modern behaviors possible. 
D)  that instead of a sudden event in Europe due to a mutation, behavioral modernity resulted from a slow process of cultural accumulation within Africa, where Homo sapiens became fully human long before 40,000 years ago. 
E)  a hearth hypothesis, suggesting that the most important trigger to behavioral modernity was Homo's capacity, achieved 50,000 years ago, to manipulate fire and thus live in caves and cook their meat.

Question 4

Why was the broad-spectrum revolution a significant event in human evolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It consisted of a massive fluorescence of colored cave paintings beginning about 70,000 B.P., which suggests the evolution of color vision and a truly human-style brain organization. 
B)  It brought about a new tool tradition based on flaked tools. 
C)  It provided the environmental circumstances that selected for the evolution of "mitochondrial Eve." 
D)  It provided new environmental circumstances that made important sociocultural adaptations like the development of plant cultivation more likely. 
E)  It led to the extinction of the Neandertals, who had survived until then by eating big-game animals. 
A)  It consisted of a massive fluorescence of colored cave paintings beginning about 70,000 B.P., which suggests the evolution of color vision and a truly human-style brain organization. 
B)  It brought about a new tool tradition based on flaked tools. 
C)  It provided the environmental circumstances that selected for the evolution of "mitochondrial Eve." 
D)  It provided new environmental circumstances that made important sociocultural adaptations like the development of plant cultivation more likely. 
E)  It led to the extinction of the Neandertals, who had survived until then by eating big-game animals.

Question 5

The evidence from the Mount Carmel caves in Israel indicates that anatomically modern humans may have inhabited the Middle East before the Neandertals did.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In South Africa's Blombos Cave, a 100,000-year-old paint factory was recently discovered. This find indicates that

Accepted Answer

A)  modern behavior is much older than anthropologists used to believe. 
B)  artistic behaviors developed before anatomically modern bodies. 
C)  humans made red paint for functional but not symbolic reasons. 
D)  Neandertals created art and had symbolic thought. 
E)  Neandertals used paint in different ways than anatomically modern humans. 
A)  modern behavior is much older than anthropologists used to believe. 
B)  artistic behaviors developed before anatomically modern bodies. 
C)  humans made red paint for functional but not symbolic reasons. 
D)  Neandertals created art and had symbolic thought. 
E)  Neandertals used paint in different ways than anatomically modern humans.

Question 7

The Denisovans, distant cousins to Neandertals known only from a finger fragment and a wisdom tooth, lived in Asia 400,000-500,000 years ago. Which modern-day human population inherited one-twentieth of their DNA from Denisovan ancestors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Siberians 
B)  Native Americans 
C)  Melanesians 
D)  Malaysians 
E)  Mongolians 
A)  Siberians 
B)  Native Americans 
C)  Melanesians 
D)  Malaysians 
E)  Mongolians

Question 8

With an estimated date of 195,000 B.P., the Omo Kibish remains appear to be the earliest anatomically modern human fossils yet found in Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Using new, refined dating techniques, fossil teeth found in England and Italy indicate that modern humans reached Europe by 45,000 years ago. Currently, these are the oldest dated modern human specimens in Europe. These new dates

Accepted Answer

A)  confirm that Neandertals taught modern humans how to make stone tools. 
B)  allow more time for anatomically modern humans to be in contact with Neandertals. 
C)  suggest modern humans followed Neandertal migration routes. 
D)  call into question the dates of modern human specimens from Romania. 
E)  suggest anatomically modern humans planned for the Neandertal extinction. 
A)  confirm that Neandertals taught modern humans how to make stone tools. 
B)  allow more time for anatomically modern humans to be in contact with Neandertals. 
C)  suggest modern humans followed Neandertal migration routes. 
D)  call into question the dates of modern human specimens from Romania. 
E)  suggest anatomically modern humans planned for the Neandertal extinction.

Question 10

What species is associated with the cave paintings in western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo habilis 
B)  Homo erectus 
C)  archaic Homo sapiens 
D)  anatomically modern humans 
E)  Australopithecus afarensis 
A)  Homo habilis 
B)  Homo erectus 
C)  archaic Homo sapiens 
D)  anatomically modern humans 
E)  Australopithecus afarensis

Question 11

All of the following are true about the peopling of the Americas EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Clovis people were not the first settlers of the Americas. 
B)  the first migration(s) of people into the Americas may date back 18,000 years. 
C)  analysis of DNA suggests that the Americas were settled by more than one haplogroup-a lineage marked by one or more specific genetic mutations. 
D)  researchers calculate that it would have taken from 600 to 1,000 years for the first Americans and their descendants to travel by land from the southern part of the Canadian ice-free corridor to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America-a distance of more than 8,680 miles. 
E)  The first migration of people into the Americas reached the continent's southwestern coasts from the Pacific islands. 
A)  the Clovis people were not the first settlers of the Americas. 
B)  the first migration(s) of people into the Americas may date back 18,000 years. 
C)  analysis of DNA suggests that the Americas were settled by more than one haplogroup-a lineage marked by one or more specific genetic mutations. 
D)  researchers calculate that it would have taken from 600 to 1,000 years for the first Americans and their descendants to travel by land from the southern part of the Canadian ice-free corridor to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America-a distance of more than 8,680 miles. 
E)  The first migration of people into the Americas reached the continent's southwestern coasts from the Pacific islands.

Which of the following has NOT been suggested as an explanation for why Upper Paleolithic people made cave paintings?

The Clovis tradition-a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear-flourished

Why was the broad-spectrum revolution a significant event in human evolution?

The evidence from the Mount Carmel caves in Israel indicates that anatomically modern humans may have inhabited the Middle East before the Neandertals did.

In South Africa's Blombos Cave, a 100,000-year-old paint factory was recently discovered. This find indicates that

The Denisovans, distant cousins to Neandertals known only from a finger fragment and a wisdom tooth, lived in Asia 400,000-500,000 years ago. Which modern-day human population inherited one-twentieth of their DNA from Denisovan ancestors?

With an estimated date of 195,000 B.P., the Omo Kibish remains appear to be the earliest anatomically modern human fossils yet found in Asia.

Using new, refined dating techniques, fossil teeth found in England and Italy indicate that modern humans reached Europe by 45,000 years ago. Currently, these are the oldest dated modern human specimens in Europe. These new dates

What species is associated with the cave paintings in western Europe?

All of the following are true about the peopling of the Americas EXCEPT that

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Exam 10: The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

Which of the following has NOT been suggested as an explanation for why Upper Paleolithic people made cave paintings?

The Clovis tradition-a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear-flourished

Why was the broad-spectrum revolution a significant event in human evolution?

The evidence from the Mount Carmel caves in Israel indicates that anatomically modern humans may have inhabited the Middle East before the Neandertals did.

In South Africa's Blombos Cave, a 100,000-year-old paint factory was recently discovered. This find indicates that

The Denisovans, distant cousins to Neandertals known only from a finger fragment and a wisdom tooth, lived in Asia 400,000-500,000 years ago. Which modern-day human population inherited one-twentieth of their DNA from Denisovan ancestors?

With an estimated date of 195,000 B.P., the Omo Kibish remains appear to be the earliest anatomically modern human fossils yet found in Asia.

Using new, refined dating techniques, fossil teeth found in England and Italy indicate that modern humans reached Europe by 45,000 years ago. Currently, these are the oldest dated modern human specimens in Europe. These new dates

What species is associated with the cave paintings in western Europe?

All of the following are true about the peopling of the Americas EXCEPT that

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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