1. The oldest known stone artifacts are
2. The Potassium/Argon (K/Ar or radiopotassium) method is used
3. The first person to recognize and name an australopithecine was
4. C.K. Brain has argued that __________ were responsible for the deposits of human fossils in the caves of
South Africa
5. The footprints at Lætoli indicate that
6. The footprints at Lætoli are
7. The earliest clear evidence of hominins outside of Africa
8. Fossils from the Hadar region include all of the following except:
9. The Hadar region is located
10. Oldowan artifacts include all of the following types except:
11. Stone tools include all of the following characteristics except:
12. The most common technique for making stone tools at Olduvai was
13. The age of the earth is approximately
14. The _________ is not a division of the Cenozoic.
15. Humans do not belong in the following category in the animal kingdom:
16. The dryopithecines were
17. Primary characteristics of humanness include all of the following except:
18. Paleoanthropology refers to
19. The footprints at Lætoli were dated using
20. The following term does not belong with Swartkrans
21. Olduvai Gorge is all of the following except
22. The discoveries at Olduvai are important because
23. Oldowan tools were made by the _____ method.
24. The site of Laetoli is important for all of the following reasons except
25. “Lucy” is the nearly 40% complete skeleton of what hominin species?
26. In a series of papers, Raymond Dart proposed which of the following as a bloodthirsty predator?
27. The first Australopithecine fossil discovered in Africa was
28. Sexual dimorphism refers to
29. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
30. Footprints preserved in 3.6 million-year-old volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania, indicate that
31. Which of the following is considered to be the first major development in hominin evolution?
32. Cutmarks on animal bones at early human sites indicate
33. The earliest known fossil human ancestor is called
34. Discuss some of the various theories relating to the emergence of the three major characteristics of
humanness. Be sure to list these characteristics as well.
35. What is the importance of the discoveries at Laetoli in terms of our understanding of human evolution?
36. Where do the first stone tools appear and when? What do these tools represent in terms of human evolution?
Were the earliest tools made of stone?
37. What are some of the major characteristics that first document the distinction between apes and humans?
38. Discuss the differences between biological and cultural evolution.
39. Discuss the basic principles of radiometric dating, including some description of both radiocarbon and
radiopotassium methods.
40. The Leakeys have worked at Olduvai Gorge for more than 40 years. Discuss the finds from Olduvai and
their significance in terms of our understanding of human evolution.
41. Compare the Plio/Pleistocene discoveries of human bone and artifacts from South and East Africa. Be sure
to discuss the evidence from specific sites.
42. Outline the current debate regarding the classification of early human fossils. Be sure to indicate the two
major schools of thought and their positions.
43. Discuss the evidence for the earliest human occupation of Europe, including at least three important sites.
44. Discuss various theories on the origins of language. Why is it so difficult to evaluate these theories?
45. The differences in artifact assemblages in the Lower Paleolithic are intriguing. Describe these differences
and discuss what they represent.
46. Describe the four major divisions of the Paleolithic period in terms of age and characteristics.
47. Describe and discuss the Acheulean handaxe.
48. Many of the sites from the Lower Paleolithic in Europe are “kill” sites, where animals were hunted and
butchered. Describe the sites of Torralba and Ambrona in this context.
49. What are the three most important discoveries at Atapuerca?
50. One of the major questions about human behavior in the time of Homo erectus is whether these people were
large game hunters. What evidence can you use to argue that they were or were not?
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age, location, and significance.
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51. Flake
52. Pebble Tool
53. Swartkrans
54. Laetoli
55. Cut marks
56. Raymond Dart
57. Richard Leakey
58. Sexual Dimorphism
59. Lake Chad
60. Thick Enamel
61. Handaxe
62. Homo erectus
63. Interglacial
64. Clactonian
65. Acheulean
66. Mammoth
67. Ambrona
68. Soft hammer technique
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