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Question #1
Which of the following hominins were descendants of Homo heidelbergensis?
A.   A. afarensis
B.   H. erectus
C.   H. habilis
D.   Neanderthals
Question #2
Modern humans had a brain size much larger than that of Neandertals.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Homo floresiensis remains can be found in Europe.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
H. heidelbergensis was the first to make composite tools.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
When a hominin species is found to make jewelry, it means that ________________________.
A.   they hunted
B.   they have symbolic culture
C.   they deliberately buried their dead
D.   traded with other hominins
Question #6
Neandertals never lived beyond the Ice Age (Pleistocene).
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Neandertals only used the Mousterian tool tradition.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
Which of the following is not a Neandertal trait?
A.   large nasal aperture (opening)
B.   canine fossa
C.   Occipital bun
D.   double-arched brow ridges
Question #9
Which of the following hominins did not have control of fire?
A.   Neanderthals
B.   H. habilis
C.   H. erectus
D.   H. sapiens sapiens
Question #10
It is possible that the Denisovans are derived from Homo heidelbergensis.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
Which of the following hominins never stepped out of Africa?
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Homo sapiens sapiens
C.   Neanderthals
D.   Homo habilis
Question #12
H. heidelbergensis did not hunt, but did gather food and occasionally scavenged. 
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Châtelperronian tools are blade-based tools used by later Neandertals.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
Homo floresiensis is a direct descendant of Homo sapiens.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
H. habilis remains are also found outside of Africa.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #16
Which of the following hominins was a hunter?
A.   Australopithecus afarensis
B.   Homo erectus
C.   Homo rudolfensis
D.   Homo habilis
Question #17
Which of the following did not deliberately bury their dead?
A.   Neanderthals
B.   Homo sapiens sapiens
C.   Homo erectus
D.   Cro-Magnon humans
Question #18
Which of the following is not a modern human trait?
A.   canine fossa
B.   Occipital bun
C.   foreward pointing chin
D.   rounded cranium
E.   small jaw and teeth
Question #19
All members of H. sapiens sapiens are closely related since all are derived from a population in Africa dating back to 50,000 to 70,000 years ago.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
Which hominin existed at the same time as Homo sapiens sapiens?
A.   All answers
B.   Homo floresiensis
C.   Denisovans
D.   Neanderthals
Question #21
Homo erectus invented blade based technology in its stone tools.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #22
Which of the following hominins did not live in the Ice Age (Pleistocene)?
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Australopithecus afarensis
C.   Homo sapiens sapiens
D.   Homo heidelbergensis
E.   Neanderthals
Question #23
The Levallois technique using prepared cores started with archaic Homo sapiens in Africa, but perfected by Neandertals.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #24
Which of the following hominins had injuries equal to today's rodeo riders?
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Neanderthals
C.   Homo heidelbergensis
D.   Homo habilis

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