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Question #1
Compared to Neandertals, Homo sapiens sapiens has:
A.   smaller canine teeth in relation to the size of the molars.
B.   less developed muscular strength.
C.   a larger brain.
D.   more efficient bipedal locomotion,
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.   The art often depicts animals that were eaten.
C.   The artists of the Upper Paleolithic worked in caves without any kind of lamps or artificial
D.   There are very few representations of people
Question #3
The principal anatomical differences between Homo sapiens neanderthalensis and H. s. sapiens have to do with their respective:
A.   Speech capabilities
B.   Personal hygiene
C.   cranial capacities.
D.   muscular strength.
E.   locomotor adaptations.
Question #4
According to most scholars, Neanderthals belong to which of the following genera?
A.   Homo erectus
B.   Homo sapiens
C.   Homo habilis
D.   Australopithecus robustus
E.   Australopithecus africanus
Question #5
The earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) comes from what site?
A.   Swartkrans at about 50,000 years ago.
B.   Klasies River Mouth at about 110,000 years ago.
C.   Herto at 160,000 years ago.
D.   Sima de los Huesos at about 780,000 years ago.
E.   Olduvai at about 250,000 years ago
Question #6
Evidence about the cultural and social life of Neandertals indicates that
A.   they wore no clothing and had no means of decoration.
B.   they did not have the capacity for symbolic thought.
C.   when someone died, they left them where they lay and moved on to another site.
D.   Their behavior was not significantly different from modern humans
E.   they were dumb and had to move constantly to find food to eat.
Question #7
Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule, jointly, predict that larger, stockier people with shorter extremities will be found in colder regions.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
The tool industry typically used by Neandertals is called
A.   Acheulean
B.   Mousterian
C.   Cro-magnon
D.   Aurignacion
E.   Oldowan
Question #9
The typical Upper Paleolithic stone tool was the
A.   Acheulean handaxe
B.   baton
C.   Levallois flake
D.   blade
Question #10
Fossils of Homo sapiens sapiens first appear about:
A.   150,000 years ago.
B.   10,000,000 years ago.
C.   5,000,000 years ago.
D.   40,000 or 50,000 years ago.
E.   1,500,000 years ago.

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