Archaeology and Prehistory

Match the habitat to the species

Chimpanzee

Howler Monkey

Gorilla

Baboon

2 The Miocene Epoch saws the adaptive radiation of:

Dryopithecus

Gigantopithecus

Hominoids

Hominines

Suspensory Locomation

3 Taphonomy is the study of:

how things rot – the transformation from the biosphere to the lithosphere.

Exceptional preservation of artifacts in some contexts

Human languages in cross cultural perspective

The spatial control of subaltern cultures through regimes of power

Lithic artifacts

4 In both chimpanzees and baboons, bipedalism is most importantly associated with:

carrying things

male bonding

tool use

sharing

5 Massive chewing muscles are found in which group of Pliocene hominins?

 Kenyanthropus platyops

Ardipithecus ramidas

Australopithecus afarensis

Australopithecus/Paranthropus boisei

6 All things considered, which species is most likely associated with the use Oldowan choppers?

Australopithecus afarensis

Australopithecus garhi

Paranthropus bosei

Homo habilis

none of the above

7 The Taung discovery:

challenged the notion that encephalization seperated humans from our primate cousins

demonstrated the taphonomic opportunities afforded by South African cave sites

neither

both

8 The key site of Laetoli in Tanzania demonstrated:

the degree of sexual dimorphism among early Pliocene hominins

the resiliency of early Pliocene hominins in negotiating fluctuations in natural phenomena such as volcanic eruptions.

the taphonomic opportunities of the East Rift Valley

the taphonomic opportunities of the South African Caves

9 Which creature is not native to Asia?

Gigantopithecus

Sivapithecus

Gibbons

Orangutans

Lemurs

10- production of core tools and the expedient use of debitage is characteristic of:

Lower Paleolithic

Middle Paleolithic

Upper Paleolithic

Mesolithic

11 The cranial capacity of the australopithecines is most comparable to:

modern baboons

modern humans

modern armadillos

modern gibbons

 modern chimpanzees

12 Before the famous fossil Lucy was discovered:

paleo-anthropologists had few post cranial remains of Pliocene hominins to work with.

 believed that the Piltdown Man best represented our earliest ancestors

both

neither

13 Owen Lovejoy did not account for which variable in his Provisioning Hypothesis?

reduced canines

hidden estrus

large breasts

obligate bipedalism

dispersed resources

14 Victorian scholars were inclined to believe that the first trait to distinguish humans from apes was:

big game hunting

larger brain size & intelligence

hidden estrus

kinship structures

15 The primitive adaptation of ALL primates is to a(n) 

Savanna

Arboreal

 mixed woodland

seashore

16 Primary agent of bone deposition in sites like Taung:

Predators such as leopards

scavengers such as heyenas

 hominins such as Australopithecus africanus

flood deposits

17 primatological research suggests that the among the male baboons, the most successful at mating with females tend to be:

ranked lowest on the social hierarchy

ranked low on the social hierarchy

ranked high on the social hierarchy

ranked highest on the social hierarchy

18 Compared to gorillas, chimpanzees:

 exhibit considerably less sexual dimorphism

 exhibit considerably less aggressive behaviours

live in social groups organized around dominant males

live in social groups organized around related females

19 Which trait is considered to be the most primitive in hominin evolution?

larger and more complex brains

tool making

bipedalism

big game hunting

hidden estrus

20 Compared to the australopithecines, Homo habilis possessed:

larger cranial capacity

human like innominate bone

opposable thumbs

non-opposable thumbs

21 From the neck down, the anatomy of the Pliocene hominins is best characterized as:

Apelike

Monkeylike

Humanlike

Sleestacklike

22 You are most closely related to:

Baboon

howler monkey

gibbon

chimpanzee

an orangutan