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

Question #1

Homo erectus’s high degree of adaptive success is evidenced by its:

A. apparent increased intelligence.

B. reliance on unchanging environments.

C. both reliance on unchanging environments and apparent increase in intelligence

D. increased reliance on material culture.

Question #2

The first hominid to migrate beyond Africa was:

A. Australopithecus.

B. Homo habilis.

C. Homo neanderthalensis.

D. Homo erectus.

Question #3

Modern anatomical features of the Nariokotome Boy include:

A. relatively long arms and short legs.

B. brain size within the modern human variation.

C. a large nose with an improved sense of smell.

D. relatively short arms and long legs.

Question #4

Homo erectus walked just like a modern human, with traits like:

A. a foramen magnum at the back of the skull.

B. long arms.

C. double arches and an adducted big toe.

D. long legs and opposable toes.

Question #5

Greater body size and facial gracility documented in Homo erectus are likely related to:

A. changes in tool technology and increasing access to meat and other proteins.

B. the natural continuation of previous trends documented in hominid fossils, similar to great brain size.

C. the global climate, as these trends are characteristic of an increasingly forested environment

D. none of the above