SDSU Anthropology 101 Week 10

Why did Raymond Dart think large canines in bones were important to Australopithecines? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

What did Australopithecines use bones and horns for? What types of tools were they? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

What does the "grandmother hypothesis" suggest?

How did scientists first think Australopithecines behaved? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

What is the hypothesis regarding the hominin skeletons recovered from the cave?

How do we figure out the world Lucy lived in, since we don't have direct knowledge of that time? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

Eugène Dubois was one of the first researchers in the nineteenth century who used the scientific method to test the hypothesis of early human ancestors in Asia with:

Australopithecines and Homo habilis were similar to each other in what way?

Other than tools, what did the Leakey's find with H. habilis? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

An argument against the validity of evolutionary theory says that there are too few transitional forms representing the gap between any two living species that supposedly share a common ancestor. How do the human evolutionary record and this criticism relate?

What type of foods might have been included in Australopithecine diets? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

What archaeologist disputes the idea of 'man the hunter'? (Movie: Surviving Africa)

Compared to earlier hominids, which of the following did Homo erectus have?