Question

Physical Anthropology

2. During glacial peaks, what was true of Europe?

a) It was warmer and wetter

b) It was warmer and drier

c) It was cut off from he rest of Eurasia by glaciers

6. What was the ancestor of Homo heidelbergensis?

a) Homo erectus

b) Homo sapiens

c) Denisovans

12. Which tool technology did H. heidelbergensis use for most of its time in the fossil record?

a) Acheulian

b) Chattelperonian

c) Oldowan

d) Solutrean

Answer 1

Q2. During glacial peaks: c) It was cut off from he rest of Eurasia by glaciers

Ice sheets getting bigger caused lower sea levels which made some northern areas not fit to live in. Some key means of access between areas were blocked by glaciers. During glacial peaks, much of western europe would have been cut off from eurasia.

Q6. The ancestor of Homo heidelbergensis: b) Homo sapiens

European populations of Homo heidelbergensis evolved into Homo neanderthalensis at the same time as a separate population of Homo heidelbergensis in Africa evolved into our own species, Homo sapiens.

12. Which tool technology did H. heidelbergensis use for most of its time in the fossil record: a) Acheulian