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

Question #1

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

A. australopithecines

B. humans

C. eosimians

D. apes

Question #2

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

A. dense tropical forest

B. complex hybrid habitats

C. arid, high-altitude uplands

D. open savanna grassland

Question #3

Hominins have canines that are:

A. projecting, with a diastema.

B. large and pointed, 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. Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

B. Ardipithecus kadabba.

C. Orrorin tugenensis.

D. Ardipithecus ramidus.

Question #5

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

A. skull

B. pelvis

C. foot

D. femur (thighbone)