El Camino College » Anthropology » Anth 1 - Biological Anthropology » Spring 2020

Question #1

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

A. apes

B. australopithecines

C. humans

D. eosimians

Question #2

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

A. arid, high-altitude uplands

B. open savanna grassland

C. dense tropical forest

D. complex hybrid habitats

Question #3

Hominins have canines that are:

A. large and pointed, with a diastema.

B. projecting, with a diastema.

C. part of a honing complex.

D. small, blunt, and nonprojecting, with no diastema.

Question #4

The only preaustralopithecine found outside the East African Rift Valley is:

A. Ardipithecus kadabba.

B. Ardipithecus ramidus.

C. Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

D. Orrorin tugenensis.

Question #5

Evidence indicating that Orrorin tugenensis was bipedal comes mainly from which part of the skeleton?

A. foot

B. femur (thighbone)

C. pelvis

D. skull