Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which hominin taxon is largely associated with the earliest Acheulean tools?    Homo habilis    Australopithecus africanus    Homo ergaster/Homo erectus    Homo sapiens     Question 2 1 / 1 pts The “robust” australopithecines (or Paranthropus)   had enormous chewing apparatuses    included two species who share several derived features with Homo relative to earlier australopithecines and one that is more primitive    all of these    is a grouping that includes Au

Question 1

1 / 1 pts

Which hominin taxon is largely associated with the earliest Acheulean tools?

Homo habilis

Australopithecus africanus

 Correct!  

Homo ergaster/Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

Question 2

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The “robust” australopithecines (or Paranthropus)

had enormous chewing apparatuses

included two species who share several derived features with Homo relative to earlier australopithecines and one that is more primitive

 Correct!  

all of these

is a grouping that includes Au. aethiopicus, Au. boisei, and Au. robustus

Question 3

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Taphonomic evidence of fossils found at the earliest archaeological sites suggests that when early hominins first began exploiting animal resources they did so by:

only scavenging when they were sick or old

 Correct!  

mainly scavenging

neither hunting nor scavenging

mainly hunting

Question 4

1 / 1 pts

Which hominin did not live between 2.5 and 1.5 Ma?

Australopithecus (Paranthropus) boisei

Homo ergaster/Homo erectus

 Correct!  

Homo heidelbergensis

Australopithecus sediba

Question 5

1 / 1 pts

Defining features distinguishing Homo from Australopithecus are

a large brain and round skull

less facial prognathism

smaller teeth with thinner enamel

 Correct!  

all of these

Question 6

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Which is the correct temporal order of these four stone tool traditions associated with hominin evolution? (Oldest to youngest)

Correct!  

Lomekwi, Oldowan, Acheulean, Mousterian

Mousterian, Acheulean, Lomekwi, Oldowan

Oldowan, Lomekwi, Acheulean, Mousterian

Acheulean, Lomekwi, Oldowan, Mousterian

Question 7

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Thus far, there is agreement that all hominins found outside Africa are members of which genus?

Australopithecus

 Correct!  

Homo

Paranthropus

Ardipithecus

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

By about 2.5 mya, which of the following was true?

all hominins were members of the same genus

all hominins still lived only in East Africa

 Correct!  

there were one or more species of the genus Homo present in East Africa

modern humans were living alongside australopiths

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

Which technological development seems to have first appeared in the archaeological record?

Correct!  

stone tool making

geometric art

fire technology

composit artifacts (hafted spears)

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

Homo ergaster/Homo erectus

Correct!  

all of these

made Acheulean tools

is the first hominin species with long legs and modern proportions

has a larger absolute brain size compared to earlier hominins