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Question #1
Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear about:
A.   10,000,000 years ago.
B.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
C.   150,000 years ago.
D.   1,500,000 years ago.
E.   5,000,000 years ago.
Question #2
This statement about Upper Paleolithic cave art is 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 art often depicts animals that were eaten.
E.   The artists of the Upper Paleolithic worked in caves without any kind of lamps or artificial
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.   the immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens sapiens.
D.   restricted to the tropical and subtropical portions of the Old WorlD.
E.   clearly differentiated from Homo sapiens sapiens in brain size, mode of locomotion, and posture
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.   Homo sapiens
B.   Homo erectus
C.   Australopithecus
D.   Dryopithecus
Question #5
Homo __________ fossil remains have been found in Australia.
A.   Homo habilis
B.   Australopithecus
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Homo sapiens sapiens
E.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Question #6
____________ fossil remains have been found in the Americas.
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Australopithecus
C.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
D.   Homo habilis
E.   Homo sapiens sapiens
Question #7
The earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) comes from what site?
A.   Klasies River Mouth at about 110,000 years ago.
B.   Olduvai at about 250,000 years ago
C.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
D.   Herto at 160,000 years ago.
E.   Swartkrans at about 50,000 years ago.
Question #8
Analysis of DNA from the original Neandertal type fossil found that
A.   The DNA strands were degraded and could not be analyzed
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.   Modern Europeans differ from Africans by 28 base pair differences, while Neandertals differ from modern Europeans by only 8 base pairs.
E.   Neandertal genetic materials matches that of modern people very closely
Question #9
Compared to Neandertals, Homo sapiens sapiens has:
A.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
B.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
C.   a larger brain.
D.   less developed muscular strength.
Question #10
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called,,,,
A.   Oldowan
B.   Acheulean
C.   Aurignacion
D.   Cro-magnon
E.   Mousterian

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