Question

If the Nariokotome “boy” had survived to adulthood, he would have

been a leader of his clan

been obese

had relatively long arms compared to his legs

been around 6 feet tall

Homo erectus/ergaster appeared in East Africa about __ million years ago.

6.0

2.3

3.2

1.8

Fluorine analysis can only be used on which of the following?

bone

volcanic rock

fossilized plants

wood

Which is the earliest species of the more derived form of australopithecine, those with massive molars and premolars?

Australopithecus africanus

Australopithecus afarensis

Paranthropus robustus

Paranthropus aethiopicus

Evidence suggests that while A. afarensis was bipedal, they were also partly arboreal.

False

True

Evidence from Zhoukoudian suggests that Homo erectus

were settled agriculturalists

built wooden structures

intermittently occupied the area

kept domesticated animals

Evidence for butchering is lacking in all Homo erectus sites.

False

True

Early Homo is distinguished from the australopithecines largely by

the presence of a chin

larger cranial capacity

larger back teeth

shorter stature

Which of the following characteristics helps to define a hominin?

large brain size

arboreal quadrupedalism

large molar teeth

long upper arms

Currently, it is believed that hominins first left Africa

close to 2 million years ago

all of these

and went directly to North and South America

due to a geologic catastrophe