Deck 7: Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

Question 1

Just because Neandertal might not have been able to use the vowels "a" and "i" does not mean their speech was inferior to that of AMH.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The term "behaviorally modern human" refers to those hominids who show behavioral capabilities similar to moderns.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Dmanisi can be said to be "in the right place at the right time" because the Dmanisi people

A) were in Georgia, due north of where Homo erectus would have come out of Africa at
1)8 myr ago
B) were Italian, right before the split to Neandertals
C) were found in Morocco just as the Mediterranean opened up some 2 myr ago
D) were found in Romania and dated about 1 myr ago, right when the first big migration occurred

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What was the major and some of the minor differences between Homo erectus as a grade and Homo habilis?

Question 5

What dating technique was used to date recently discovered SE Asian Homo erectus fossils and why is this controversial?

Question 6

Describe Neandertal either from the neck up or the neck down.

Question 7

Discuss the replacement hypothesis for the demise of Neandertals and suggest what evidence supports it.

Question 8

Discuss two of Frayer's morphological traits that show up first in Neandertal and successively through AMH in terms of what this might mean.

Question 9

Briefly characterize the two hypotheses concerning the who, when, where, and how of the Multiregional and Recent African Origin models. Do not critique them.

Question 10

Discuss the Assimilation model, pointing to similarities and differences to the two "extreme" models.

Question 11

Describe Homo erectus from the neck up, commenting on the changes in its general anatomy from the australopithecine grade.

Question 12

Describe the early archaic Homo sapiens grade as they appear transitional between Homo erectus and AMH.

Question 13

Describe your typical Neandertal from the top of head to toes.

Question 14

Discuss the hypotheses concerning what happened to Neandertal.

Question 15

Which of the two hypotheses concerning the origin of AMH makes the most sense to you? Describe the hypothesis, its evidence, and why you support it over the other one.

Question 16

Discuss the following as providing evidence for speech abilities: Broca's area, Wernicke's area, hypoglossal canal shape, and shape of the basiocranium.