Anth 1 - Biological Anthropology » 2019 » Quiz 9

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Question #1
Which is the shortest unit of time?
A.   epoch
B.   era
C.   eon
D.   period
Question #2
How was the Holocene different from the previous epoch?
A.   It was basically the same.
B.   It was the age of the dinosaurs
C.   It was marked by extreme drought and dry cold conditions
D.   It was wetter and warmer, which was great conditions for plant domestication
Question #3
Plants were domesticated in ______ different places in the world independently. 
A.   5
B.   11
C.   27
D.   Trick question! They were all developed together.
Question #4
How much of the current food that we eat today was developed in the Holocene?
A.   none of it
B.   1/2
C.   all of it
D.   2/3
Question #5
The invention of agriculture had overwhelmingly positive results in human evolution. It made us healthier and helped our environment.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
A mega-drought in Africa 140,000 years ago almost caused Homo sapiens to go extinct. It is estimated they went down to _________ breeding individuals. They lived in caves in South Africa and repopulated causing a bottleneck and a(n)________ in human genetic diversity as compared to non-human primates.
A.   600; increase
B.   2 million; equilibrium
C.   600; decrease
D.   900; increase
Question #7
Which hominin species is associated with Excalibur?
A.   Homo sapien
B.   Homo heidelbergensis
C.   King Arthur
D.   Neanderthals
Question #8
Neanderthals needed __________ calories per day to survive. They most likely got this from _______.
A.   2,500; meat and bread
B.   5,000; lots of fruits
C.   3,000; shellfish and yams
D.   5,000; eating big mammals
Question #9
Which hominin species is associated with Acheulian technology?
A.   Homo habilis
B.   Homo erectus
C.   Homo heidelbergensis
D.   Homo sapiens

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