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QUESTION 3 According to Toth, flakes were used for cutting and making digging tools. True False QUESTION 4 According to Toth, which of the following significant milestones are attributed to stone use in the genus Homo around 2 million years ago? a. Enlargement in brain, reduction in tooth and jaw size, migration out of Africa b. Warfare, reduction in tooth size, scavenging. c. Vegetarian diets and reduction in tooth size. d. Start of bipedalism, cooperative hunting and migration out of Africa QUESTION 5 Name two specific advancements in stone tool technology occurring about 200,000 and 80,000 years ago. a. Use of boats for fishing b. Hafting and use of bone tools c. Use of stone and metal tools d. Early villages and farming. According to Toth, what explains the selection of a large brain in humans? a. large brains were important for hunting success only b. A large brain is a cheap metabolic organ. c. Brains require high energy intakes. d. Social animals and sociality require interactions and intelligence which a large brain facilitated QUESTION 6 The fossil remains of Nariokotome boy or Turkana boy dating to 1.6mya provide us with the following information: a. That Homo ergaster had post-cranial body proportions and features similar to those of modern sapiens b. That Homo ergaster was a cannibal or scavenger. c. That Homo ergaster evolved from the robust australopithecines. d. That Homo ergaster lived in a dense forest habitat based on proxy evidence at the find-site in Turkana, Kenya. QUESTION 7 Which of the following statements about archaic Homo sapiens in Europe is incorrect. a. Archaic Homo sapiens in Europe are characterized by large arching brow ridges, large nasal apertures, occipital buns and low cranial vaults. b. The Steinheim cranium has a flat face but also possesses arching brow ridges. c. Have no chins and but have thick cranial vaults. d. Most archaic Homo sapiens fossils have equal or smaller brain sizes than those found in Asian Homo erectus QUESTION 8 The following is true about Homo neanderthalensis: a. Neanderthals were killed in catastrophic numbers by modern sapiens. b. The largest concentration of Neanderthal sites is found in western Europe c. Neanderthal bodies exemplify Allen’s rule i.e. adaptation to tropical environments. d. Genetic evidence showing interbreeding of Neanderthals with modern sapiens is inconclusive

QUESTION 3
According to Toth, flakes were used for cutting and making digging tools.
True
False

QUESTION 4
According to Toth, which of the following significant milestones are attributed to stone use in the genus Homo around 2 million years ago?
a. Enlargement in brain, reduction in tooth and jaw size, migration out of Africa
b. Warfare, reduction in tooth size, scavenging.
c. Vegetarian diets and reduction in tooth size.
d. Start of bipedalism, cooperative hunting and migration out of Africa

QUESTION 5
Name two specific advancements in stone tool technology occurring about 200,000 and 80,000 years ago.
a. Use of boats for fishing
b. Hafting and use of bone tools
c. Use of stone and metal tools
d. Early villages and farming.

According to Toth, what explains the selection of a large brain in humans?
a. large brains were important for hunting success only
b. A large brain is a cheap metabolic organ.
c. Brains require high energy intakes.
d. Social animals and sociality require interactions and intelligence which a large brain facilitated

QUESTION 6
The fossil remains of Nariokotome boy or Turkana boy dating to 1.6mya provide us with the following information:
a. That Homo ergaster had post-cranial body proportions and features similar to those of modern sapiens
b. That Homo ergaster was a cannibal or scavenger.
c. That Homo ergaster evolved from the robust australopithecines.
d. That Homo ergaster lived in a dense forest habitat based on proxy evidence at the find-site in Turkana, Kenya.

QUESTION 7
Which of the following statements about archaic Homo sapiens in Europe is incorrect.
a. Archaic Homo sapiens in Europe are characterized by large arching brow ridges, large nasal apertures, occipital buns and low cranial vaults.
b. The Steinheim cranium has a flat face but also possesses arching brow ridges.
c. Have no chins and but have thick cranial vaults.
d. Most archaic Homo sapiens fossils have equal or smaller brain sizes than those found in Asian Homo erectus

QUESTION 8
The following is true about Homo neanderthalensis:
a. Neanderthals were killed in catastrophic numbers by modern sapiens.
b. The largest concentration of Neanderthal sites is found in western Europe
c. Neanderthal bodies exemplify Allen’s rule i.e. adaptation to tropical environments.
d. Genetic evidence showing interbreeding of Neanderthals with modern sapiens is inconclusive

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