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Question #1
Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear about:
A.   1,500,000 years ago.
B.   5,000,000 years ago.
C.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
D.   10,000,000 years ago.
E.   150,000 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.   There are very few representations of people
D.   The art often depicts animals that were eaten.
E.   the art is found at sites that may have served as seasonal aggregation camps.
Question #3
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis was:
A.   the immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens sapiens.
B.   clearly differentiated from Homo sapiens sapiens in brain size, mode of locomotion, and posture
C.   restricted to the tropical and subtropical portions of the Old WorlD.
D.   a species adapted to cold weather.
E.   hunted down and killed by 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.   Australopithecus
B.   Homo erectus
C.   Homo sapiens
D.   Dryopithecus
Question #5
Fossil remains of Homo __________ have been found in Australia.
A.   Australopithecus
B.   Homo habilis
C.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
D.   Homo erectus
E.   Homo sapiens sapiens
Question #6
____________ fossil remains have been found in the Americas.
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Homo sapiens sapiens
C.   Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
D.   Australopithecus
E.   Homo habilis
Question #7
The earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) comes from what site?
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.   Olduvai at about 250,000 years ago
E.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
Question #8
Analysis of DNA from the original Neandertal type fossil found that
A.   Neandertal genetic materials matches that of modern people very closely
B.   Modern Europeans differ from Africans by 28 base pair differences, while Neandertals differ from modern Europeans by only 8 base pairs.
C.   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
D.   The DNA strands were degraded and could not be analyzed
E.   Neandertals differed from one another by an average of 8 base pair differences
Question #9
Compared to Neandertals, Homo sapiens sapiens has:
A.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
B.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
C.   less developed muscular strength.
D.   a larger brain.
Question #10
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called,,,,
A.   Acheulean
B.   Cro-magnon
C.   Mousterian
D.   Oldowan
E.   Aurignacion

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