Exam 10: The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

Recent genetic research comparing Neandertal DNA and modern human DNA supports the theory that Neandertals evolved into the European populations of anatomically modern humans.

Recent discoveries in a cave at Pinnacle Point,South Africa,suggest that humans had achieved behavioral modernity as early as 164,000 B.P.All of the following were found at this site EXCEPT evidence of

In 2003,scientists announced the 1997 discovery in an Ethiopian valley of three anatomically modern skulls-two adults and a child.Known collectively as the Herto skulls,they were dated by researchers to 154,000-160,000 B.P.All of the following clues suggested these skulls were in fact of anatomically modern humans,EXCEPT

Which of the following is NOT true about the peopling of the Americas?

Although there is evidence now that several human groups colonized the Americas,possibly using different routes,those that crossed over through Beringia to reach the Americas did so

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

The Clovis tradition,a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear,flourished (widely but briefly)in the central plains and in what is now the eastern United States.Until recently,the Clovis people were considered the first settlers of the Americas.Recent research now suggests,however,that

Which of the following is NOT a general trend in hominin evolution?

Which of the following is true about the peopling of the Pacific?

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

What species is associated with the broad-spectrum revolution?

During the Upper Paleolithic,the hominin range

Anatomically modern humans (AMHs)evolved from an archaic Homo sapiens African ancestor.Eventually,AMHs spread to other areas,including western Europe,where they replaced or interbred with the Neanderthals,whose robust traits eventually disappeared.

Most researchers today no longer believe that the Upper Paleolithic cave paintings were ritualistic; rather,they argue that these paintings were used to decorate domestic residences.

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

To what does the advent of behavioral modernity refer?

What is behavioral modernity? What are some of the competing theories (and the evidence to support each)of when,where,and how behavioral modernity originated?

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

With the end of the Würm glacial period,human groups shifted their subsistence strategies to a broader spectrum of species that they exploited.

All of the following characterized the changeover from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic EXCEPT