Question 1

New evidence suggests that people were hunting big game as long as _________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

Toward the end of the Acheulian period, a technique developed that enabled the toolmaker to produce flake tools of a predetermined size, the ____________ method.

Accepted Answer

The Levalloisian method is a distinctive type of stone tool production that involves preparing a core to produce flakes of predetermined size and shape, developed toward the end of the Acheulian period.

Question 3

The ___________scenario has the clearest archaeological evidence to support it.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

__________ and her colleagues presented evidence that the modern ancestor of people in the United States, New Guinea, Africa, and East Asia lived about 200,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

Rebecca Cann and her colleagues are known for their work on mitochondrial DNA, which provided evidence for the "Out of Africa" theory, suggesting that modern humans have a common ancestor who lived about 200,000 years ago.

Question 5

In __________, researchers from the United States and Germany published findings from mtDNA taken from the original Neandertal and compared it with modern humans, forcing a reconsideration of the relationship of modern humans and Neandertals.

Accepted Answer

In 1997, researchers published findings from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) taken from Neandertal remains, which provided new insights into the genetic relationship between Neandertals and modern humans.

Question 6

Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published in

Accepted Answer

Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published on November 24, 1859.

Question 7

The two main theories about the origin of Modern humans are the single-origin theory and the ___________theory.

Accepted Answer

The two main theories about the origin of modern humans are the single-origin theory, also known as the "Out of Africa" theory, and the multi-regional theory, which suggests that modern humans evolved in several places around the world simultaneously.

Question 8

Many of the excavated home sites from the Middle Paleolithic from Europe and the Near East are located in

Accepted Answer

Caves provided natural shelter and protection, making them ideal living sites for Middle Paleolithic humans in Europe and the Near East.

Question 9

___________claimed that Neandertals would not have been capable of complete bipedalism.

Accepted Answer

Marcellin Boule was a French paleontologist who studied Neandertal fossils and incorrectly concluded that they were not fully bipedal, influencing early 20th-century views on Neandertals.

Question 10

At _____________, a stack of seven bear skulls was found with evidence of Neandertal habitation.

Accepted Answer

Drachenloch cave is known for the discovery of a stack of bear skulls, which is associated with Neandertal habitation.

Question 11

The researcher who studied growth and development in Neandertals and compared it with modern human growth was

Accepted Answer

Nancy Minugh-Purvis studied growth and development in Neandertals and compared it with modern human growth.

Question 12

It took about ___________ years from first discovery for scholars to accept the possibility that Neandertals were not that different from modern humans.

Accepted Answer

It took about 100 years from the first discovery of Neandertal remains in the mid-19th century for scholars to widely accept that Neandertals were not vastly different from modern humans.

Question 13

_________ is the main evidence used by the multiregional theorists to support their theory.

Accepted Answer

Multiregional theorists argue that the continuous presence of certain anatomical traits in human fossils across different regions supports their theory of regional continuity in human evolution.

Question 14

In __________, fossils were found in the Neander Valley, near Dusseldorf, Germany.

Accepted Answer

Fossils were discovered in the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1856, marking the first recognized discovery of Neanderthal remains.

Question 15

__________ thinks that the Kleisis River people in Africa hunted large and small game.

Accepted Answer

Richard Klein is an archaeologist known for his work on the prehistory of Africa, including the study of hunting practices of ancient peoples like those near the Kleisis River.

Question 16

Y chromosome evidence traces descent only from

Accepted Answer

The Y chromosome is passed down from father to son, tracing male lineage.

Question 17

Recent finds in South Africa date Homo sapiens to about __________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Recent finds in South Africa date Homo...

Question 18

The Neandertal period in Africa is called the

Accepted Answer

The Neandertal period in Africa is referred to as the Middle Stone Age, which is roughly equivalent to the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and Asia.

Question 19

Researchers from the United States and Germany have argued that the common ancestor of Neandertal and modern humans existed about ____________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

Researchers have estimated that the common ancestor of Neandertals and modern humans existed around 600,000 years ago based on genetic and fossil evidence.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a theory about what happened to the Neandertals?

Accepted Answer

Theories about what happened to the Neandertals include interbreeding with modern humans, being driven to extinction, or being wiped out through conflict (genocide). "Multi-national" is not a recognized theory regarding Neandertal disappearance.

Quiz 10: The Emergence of Homo Sapiens