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Question #1
When did the Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear?
A.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
B.   1,500,000 years ago.
C.   10,000,000 years ago.
D.   5,000,000 years ago.
E.   150,000 years ago.
Question #2
Which of the following statements about Upper Paleolithic cave art are true? (Mark all that are correct).
A.   There are very few representations of people
B.   The artists of the Upper Paleolithic worked in caves without any kind of lamps or artificial
C.   the art is found at sites that may have served as seasonal aggregation camps.
D.   H I J
E.   The art often depicts animals that were eaten.
Question #3
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis was:
A.   clearly differentiated from Homo sapiens sapiens in brain size, mode of locomotion, and posture
B.   a species adapted to cold weather.
C.   restricted to the tropical and subtropical portions of the Old WorlD.
D.   hunted down and killed by Homo sapiens sapiens.
E.   the immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens sapiens.
Question #4
You are looking for hominid fossils in geological deposits known to have formed about 500,000 years ago. Which of the following species might you expect to find?
A.   Homo sapiens
B.   Dryopithecus
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Australopithecus
Question #5
Fossil remains of Homo __________ have been found in Australia.
A.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
B.   Australopithecus
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Homo sapiens sapiens
E.   Homo habilis
Question #6
____________ fossil remains have been found in the Americas.
A.   Homo sapiens sapiens
B.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
C.   Homo habilis
D.   Homo erectus
E.   Australopithecus
Question #7
This is the site where you can find the earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens)
A.   Klasies River Mouth at about 110,000 years ago.
B.   Herto at 160,000 years ago.
C.   Olduvai at about 250,000 years ago
D.   Swartkrans at about 50,000 years ago.
E.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
Question #8
What can we found when analyzing the DNA from the original Neandertal type fossil
A.   Neandertal DNA differ from modern humans by 28 base pair differences, while modern people differ from one another by no more than 8 base pairs
B.   Neandertals differed from one another by an average of 8 base pair differences
C.   Neandertal genetic materials matches that of modern people very closely
D.   The DNA strands were degraded and could not be analyzed
E.   Modern Europeans differ from Africans by 28 base pair differences, while Neandertals differ from modern Europeans by only 8 base pairs.
Question #9
Compared to Neandertals, Homo sapiens sapiens has:
A.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
B.   less developed muscular strength.
C.   a larger brain.
D.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
Question #10
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called,,,,
A.   Cro-magnon
B.   Oldowan
C.   Aurignacion
D.   Acheulean
E.   Mousterian

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