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

Question #1

Thick dental enamel in _______ helps with crushing food.

A. australopithecines

B. eosimians

C. apes

D. humans

Question #2

The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?

A. complex hybrid habitats

B. dense tropical forest

C. arid, high-altitude uplands

D. open savanna grassland

Question #3

Hominins have canines that are:

A. large and pointed, with a diastema.

B. part of a honing complex.

C. projecting, with a diastema.

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. Orrorin tugenensis.

C. Ardipithecus ramidus.

D. Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

Question #5

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

A. pelvis

B. foot

C. femur (thighbone)

D. skull