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Question #1
When did the Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear?
A.   150,000 years ago.
B.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
C.   5,000,000 years ago.
D.   1,500,000 years ago.
E.   10,000,000 years ago.
Question #2
Which of the following statements about Upper Paleolithic cave art are true? (Mark all that are correct).
A.   the art is found at sites that may have served as seasonal aggregation camps.
B.   There are very few representations of people
C.   H I J
D.   The artists of the Upper Paleolithic worked in caves without any kind of lamps or artificial
E.   The art often depicts animals that were eaten.
Question #3
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis was:
A.   restricted to the tropical and subtropical portions of the Old WorlD.
B.   the immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens sapiens.
C.   clearly differentiated from Homo sapiens sapiens in brain size, mode of locomotion, and posture
D.   a species adapted to cold weather.
E.   hunted down and killed by 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.   Dryopithecus
B.   Homo erectus
C.   Australopithecus
D.   Homo sapiens
Question #5
Fossil remains of Homo __________ have been found in Australia.
A.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
B.   Homo habilis
C.   Australopithecus
D.   Homo erectus
E.   Homo sapiens sapiens
Question #6
____________ fossil remains have been found in the Americas.
A.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
B.   Homo habilis
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Australopithecus
E.   Homo sapiens sapiens
Question #7
This is the site where you can find the earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens)
A.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
B.   Herto at 160,000 years ago.
C.   Klasies River Mouth at about 110,000 years ago.
D.   Swartkrans at about 50,000 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 genetic materials matches that of modern people very closely
B.   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
C.   Neandertals differed from one another by an average of 8 base pair differences
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.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
B.   a larger brain.
C.   less developed muscular strength.
D.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
Question #10
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called,,,,
A.   Acheulean
B.   Oldowan
C.   Cro-magnon
D.   Mousterian
E.   Aurignacion

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