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. dense tropical forest

B. arid, high-altitude uplands

C. complex hybrid habitats

D. open savanna grassland

Question #3

Hominins have canines that are:

A. part of a honing complex.

B. projecting, with a diastema.

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

D. large and pointed, with a diastema.

Question #4

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

A. Orrorin tugenensis.

B. Ardipithecus kadabba.

C. Ardipithecus ramidus.

D. Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

Question #5

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

A. skull

B. pelvis

C. femur (thighbone)

D. foot