RLG210Y1 Lecture Notes - Cave Painting, Millenarianism, Cave Bear

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= the period of aborginal or primontial religion: when human population being to settle down, animals in the canian species -> humans doesmticate. [animism (tyler), naturism, acestor cult, totemism, earth mother as ferlitlity and grain goddess] [ with identifiable gods and goddesses, religions knowledge conveys in mythology and art; emer- gence of professional priesthoods, responisble for doctrines, manging rituals etc. ] Orient - features contemplation wisdom exemplary holy figures salavtion through gnosis, illumi- nation transcending the self. Occident- features assceticism revelation emissiaries, prophets salvation through conduct- ethical submit to god"s cmands monotheism historical eschaton validation of the social order -> transcedent appeals cylical cosmologies. 5 million to c. 3,500 bce eivdence cve pating burial sites and cultural survials -- anthroplogical study of contemporary band and tribal ppls assumption similar social org= similar cultures. *no signs that the early hominids were capable of religious thought.

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The changed lifeways of the Neolithic revolution included the domestication of plants and animals as well as settlement into villages. How did these cultural transformations both solve the challenges of existence while creating new challenges for humans of the past and today?

Do you think that agriculture is the âworst mistakeâ in history as Jared Diamond (1987) argues? Is it possible to make changes to agriculture/domestication practices that are more environmentally sustainable? Or, have we reached the point of no return?

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If the Nariokotome âboyâ 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.

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

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

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In what way did Harlanâs theory give rise to Diamondâs theory?

It recognized agriculture might have developed by different mechanisms in different parts of the world.

Both make the assumption that hunter-gatherers were (and still are) superior to agriculturists.

It recognized the reason agriculture did not develop in certain parts of the world was because people lacked the intelligence or skill.

It is a basic case of scientific plagiarism - Diamonds theory is identical to Harlans theory.

It recognized that agricultural societies were healthier and better fed than hunter-gatherer societies.

If a plant can grow well all by itself in the wild, yet still retains desirable agronomic traits, the plant is ____________________.

Choose the single best answer

The inability of plants to move makes it difficult for them to:

Disperse seeds, defend themselves, and create oxygen.

Disperse seeds.

Disperse seeds and defend themselves.

Create oxygen.

Defend themselves.

Vavilov hypothesized that in a crop plant's area of origin we should expect:

Greater diversity for trans-domesticated species, but lower diversity for species domesticated in their area of origin.

Greater genetic diversity than in areas outside of the plant's area of origin.

Lower genetic diversity than in areas outside of the plant's area of origin.

Lower diversity for trans-domesticated species, but greater diversity for species domesticated in their area of origin.

Greater herbivore damage because of increased genetic diversity.

Brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower are all different varieties of the same species, Brassica oleracea. This group of plants demonstrates that crop breeding can lead to:

Low within variety and high between variety diversity

High within variety and low between variety diversity

Low within variety diversity

High within variety and high between variety diversity

High between variety diversity

______________________ compounds are produced by plants, but are not necessary for the plant's immediate survival. However, they often help protect plants from being eaten.

In discussing the origin of agriculture, the term demographic stress refers to:

Lower productivity of un-cultivated plants due to late-Pleistocene cooling.

A higher incidence of religious practice in societies following the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.

The situation where human populations are greater than the carrying capacity of the environment.

Hobbes's assertion that hunter-gatherer groups did not posses the knowledge or skills to develop agriculture.

That the stresses on pre-domesticated plant species led to the development of traits that result in the "domestication syndromeâ

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