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Question #1
When did the Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear?
A.   1,500,000 years ago.
B.   150,000 years ago.
C.   5,000,000 years ago.
D.   10,000,000 years ago.
E.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
Question #2
This statement about Upper Paleolithic cave art is true? (Mark all that are correct).
A.   H I J
B.   The artists of the Upper Paleolithic worked in caves without any kind of lamps or artificial
C.   The art often depicts animals that were eaten.
D.   the art is found at sites that may have served as seasonal aggregation camps.
E.   There are very few representations of people
Question #3
This statement about Homo sapiens neanderthalensis was true
A.   hunted down and killed by Homo sapiens sapiens.
B.   a species adapted to cold weather.
C.   restricted to the tropical and subtropical portions of the Old WorlD.
D.   clearly differentiated from Homo sapiens sapiens in brain size, mode of locomotion, and posture
E.   the immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens sapiens.
Question #4
Which of the following species might you expect to find if you are looking for hominid fossils in geological deposits known to have formed about 500,000 years ago.
A.   Australopithecus
B.   Dryopithecus
C.   Homo sapiens
D.   Homo erectus
Question #5
Homo __________ fossil remains have been found in Australia.
A.   Australopithecus
B.   Homo habilis
C.   Homo sapiens sapiens
D.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
E.   Homo erectus
Question #6
____________ fossil remains have been found in the Americas.
A.   Homo sapiens sapiens
B.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Homo habilis
E.   Australopithecus
Question #7
This is the site where you can find the earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens)
A.   Swartkrans at about 50,000 years ago.
B.   Herto at 160,000 years ago.
C.   Klasies River Mouth at about 110,000 years ago.
D.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
E.   Olduvai at about 250,000 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
What makes Homo Sapiens different from Neandertals?
A.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
B.   less developed muscular strength.
C.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
D.   a larger brain.
Question #10
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called,,,,
A.   Aurignacion
B.   Mousterian
C.   Acheulean
D.   Oldowan
E.   Cro-magnon

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