Quiz 12 example #57570

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12.1 Modern humans have:
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both b. and c.
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12.2 Analysis of modern humans include:
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200,000 yBP
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12.3 Traits of anatomically modern humans include:
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a "globular" brain case
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12.4 Anatomically modern human fossils were discovered in the European Upper Paleolithic site of:
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Cro-Magnon, France
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12.5 The Denisova fossils likely:
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share a common ancestor with Neandertals
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12.6 The best fossil evidence to suggest that Neandertals could produce a language like that of modern humans comes from which bone(s) collected at Kebara, Israel?
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the hyoid
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12.7 Compared to modern Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapians have:
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both b. and c.
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12.8 The discovery of modern/archaic hybrid fossils supports which model of modern human origins?
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assimilation
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12.9 All fossils of archaic Homo sapiens and earlier Homo erectus show:
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expansion of the brain and increased cultural complexity
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12.10 The Herto skulls from Ethiopia:
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have a combination of archaic and modern features
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12.11 According to John Relethford, the most likely reasons for modern humans to have migrated out of Africa during the late Pleistocene include:
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both b. and c.
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12.12 Early Native Americans used which distinctive fluted spear points to hunt large-bodied Ice Age Mammals?
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Folsom points
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12.13 The morphology of the Paleoindian skull from Kennewick indicates that it:
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looks quite different from modern Native Americans' skulls
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12.14 Allen's and Bergmann's rules are perfect examples of natural selection working to bring about anatomical adaptations to environments in mammals. These include:
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all of the above
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12.15 Sub-Saharan Africans show the largest genetic diversity of any human population. This is likely to have resulted from:
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the accumulations of genetic mutation over time.
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12.16 Most distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are:
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the body and length of the arms and legs.
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12.17 Broken Hill, Dali, and Atapuerca are sites where specimens of _______ have been discovered.
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archaic Homo sapiens
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12.18 Archaic Homo sapiens:
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shos a mixture of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits.
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12.19 the last Neandertals date to:
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32,000 yBP
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12.20 The Multiregional Continuity hypothesis supposes that:
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the transition to modernity took place regionally and without involving replacement.
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12.21 In Atapuerca 5, early archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertal specimens show heave wear on the incisors and canines, indicating:
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the use of the front teeth for gripping materials
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12.22 The European archaeological perido that is marked by a great increase in technology and various kinds of art starting about 35,000 yBP is called the:
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Upper Paleolithic period
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12.23 The Middle Paleolithic prepared-core stone tools that are associated with Neandertals are called:
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Mousterian
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12.24 Painted perforated shells are evidence that Neandertals:
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both b. and c.
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12.25 The Homo floresiensis specimen:
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had a small brain due to a pathology
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12.26 A distinctive trait of people from East Asia and the Americas is:
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shovel-shaped incisors
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12.27 A hominid fossil that has a long, low skull, front projecting face and rear projecting occipital bone, and large nasal aperture is likely:
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to be classified as having archaic characteristics
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12.28 The transition to fully modern Homo sapiens was completed globally by about:
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25,000 yBP
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12.29 The out-of-Aftica model explains:
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a single origin of modern people and eventual replacement of archaic Homo sapiens throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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12.30 According to Joe Alper ("Rethinking Neanderthals"), which of the following do the Neanderthals not share with the earlier human species, Homo erectus?
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smaller brain size than that of modern humans
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12.31 According to Joe Alper ("Rethinking Neanderthals"), Neanerthals"), Neanderthals should be considered successful in the sense that
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all of the above
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12.32 According to "Rethinking Neanderthals," when the glaciers moved in and edible plants became scarcer, the Neanderthals
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relied more heavily on large, hoofed animals for food
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12.33 According to "Rethinking Neanderthals," which of the following is true?
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all of the above
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12.36 According to Jill Neimark, which of the following represents a consensus regarding Flo (Homo floresiensis)? She was
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most likely a normal, non-diseased human, albeit one with a very unusual form.
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12.37 As reported in "Meet Our New Human Family", the biggest "shock" regarding Flo (H. floresiensis) has to do with her
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small brain, given the sophistication of the associated tools.
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12.38 According to Jill Neimark in "Meet the New Human Family" anthropologists today view the human lineage as
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a tree with just a few limbs on it, one of which was directly evolving towards us