Exam 2: The First Humans

One of the major questions about human behavior in the time of Homo erectus is whether these people were large game hunters. What evidence can you use to argue that they were or were not?

Describe and discuss the Acheulean handaxe.

Sexual dimorphism refers to

Fossils from the Hadar region include all of the following except:

Which of the following is considered to be the first major development in hominin evolution?

The Hadar region is located

The age of the earth is approximately

The Leakeys have worked at Olduvai Gorge for more than 40 years. Discuss the finds from Olduvai and their significance in terms of our understanding of human evolution.

Compare the Plio/Pleistocene discoveries of human bone and artifacts from South and East Africa. Be sure to discuss the evidence from specific sites.

The discoveries at Olduvai are important because

The site of Laetoli is important for all of the following reasons except

The footprints at Lætoli are

Outline the current debate regarding the classification of early human fossils. Be sure to indicate the two major schools of thought and their positions.

Stone tools include all of the following characteristics except:

Paleoanthropology refers to

Discuss the basic principles of radiometric dating, including some description of both radiocarbon and radiopotassium methods.

The _________ is not a division of the Cenozoic.

Oldowan tools were made by the _____ method.

Footprints preserved in 3.6 million-year-old volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania, indicate that

Olduvai Gorge is all of the following except