Question

11.   Homo habilis, or the ‘handy man’ found initially by Louis and Mary Leakey, may not have been the tool maker they thought, because….

a. other hominins lived at the same time and the same area

b. tools found in the same layers are not in association with any particular species

c.   tools have recently been found in layers much older than H. habilis

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

12.   Neanderthals appear to have been physically adapted to the cold of the Ice Age in northern Eurasia because of the following traits.

        a. Really big noses

              b. Shortened extremities

c. Relatively short and barrel chested body structure

d. Fur covered bodies

e. a, b and c, above, only

13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Neanderthals?

              a. Hyper-robust build

              b. Average cranial capacity larger than modern humans

              c. heavy brow ridges

              d. Tall and slender build

              e. None of the above

14. Which of the following hominin species is known almost entirely from DNA at this time?

              a. Neanderthals

              b. Homo heidelbergensis

              c.   Denisovans

              d. Homo floresiensis

              e. Homo naledi

15.   What was the stone tool type most commonly associated with Neanderthals?

                a. Mousterian

              b. Gravettian

              c. Solutrean

              d. Magdalenian

              e. Acheuliean

16. Neanderthals were first discovered and named in Europe 3 years before Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species…” was published in 1859.

a. True

b. False

17.   Fully modern humans developed first from Neanderthals in Europe.

              a. True

              b. False

18.   The bones of Homo naledi from the Rising Star Cave were difficult to date when first found because….

              a. no volcanic material in the sediments for using K/Ar dating

              b. no other animal bones are found in association for biostratigraphy

              c. not able to use Carbon dating, not younger than 50,000 years

              d. the bones found so far are right on or in the surface layer of the cave

             e. all of the above

19.   Both Denisovans and Neanderthals have left traces in modern human DNA.

              a. True

              b. False

20.   At least one Neanderthal burial shows signs that the body was covered with pollen, indicating that the body was covered with flowers before burial.

                a. True

                b. False

Answer 1

11. C)

Tools were found recently that were much older than the hardyman.

12. E)

Barbell chest, large brains, short limbs were few of the characteristics that helped neanderNean to live in cold temperatures.

13. D)

Neanderthal were short and not tall and slender.

14. B)

15. A)

16. A)

Neanderthal were discovered in 1856.

17. B)

Modern humans were discovered from Africa.

19) A )

20. A)