Physical Anthropology
What distinguishes the cultural period called the Upper Paleolithic, starting at 40 cya, from the period that precede it? Choose all correct.
a) elaborate burials
b) diversification of tool materials
c) projectile technology (spear throwers, bows and arrows
d) hunting
How old are the oldest modern human fossils from Asia?
a) 45-40 kya
b) 35-30 kya
c) 25-20 kya
1.(b) diversification of tool materials .
More specialized tool type were developed in upper Paleolithic era .
2.(a) 45 - 40 kya
The oldest southeast Asian Homo fossils , known as the Homo erectus Java man , were found between layers of volcanic debris in Java , Indonesia . Fossils representing 40 Homo erectus individuals , knows as Peking man , were found near Beijing at Zhoukoudian that date to about 400,000 years ago .
Physical Anthropology What distinguishes the cultural period called the Upper Paleolithic, starting at 40 cya, from...