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. increased reliance on material culture.

B. apparent increased intelligence.

C. reliance on unchanging environments.

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

Question #2

The first hominid to migrate beyond Africa was:

A. Homo neanderthalensis.

B. Australopithecus.

C. Homo erectus.

D. Homo habilis.

Question #3

Modern anatomical features of the Nariokotome Boy include:

A. relatively long arms and short legs.

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

C. relatively short arms and long legs.

D. brain size within the modern human variation.

Question #4

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

A. long legs and opposable toes.

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

C. long arms.

D. double arches and an adducted big toe.

Question #5

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

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

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

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

D. none of the above