ANT002 Final Exam Review

Sahelanthropus tchadensis is:

• A species of ancient ape that lived in Asia

• A species of early chimpanzee from the Pliocene epoch

• The earliest pre-australopithecine found outside the East African Rift Valley is

• A pre-australopitchecine found in the East African Rift Valey

What is unusual about Homo floresiensis?

• They have a brain size much larger than that of modern humans.

• Their skeletal morphology shows that they were not bipedal.

• They had small brains and large bodies.

• They have an extremely small body size.

Robust australopithecines had large __________ adapted for grinding food.

Answer explanation

premolars

molars

temporalis muscles

sagittal crest

Apes went extinct in southern Europe likely as a result of:

• a. a meteor impact.

• b. large predators

• c. climate change.

• d. being overhunted by early humans

A fossil ape with long arms is best suited for which type of environment?

• savanna

• woodland

• open grasslands

• mountainous terrains

Who has a rhinarium?

• baboons.

• chimpanzees

• mouse lemurs

• spider monkeys

The amount of oxygen-18 increases

• as the temperature of water increases

• as the temperature of water decreases

• the longer a fossil is in the ground

• as the amount of nitrogen decreases

This allowed hominins to expand geographically and to create new food production techniques:

• language

• the adoption of agriculture

• the domestication of plants and animals

• the controlled use of fire

Which is an anatomical feature of bipedalism?

• a narrow pelvis

• a posterior position of the foramen magnum

• an opposable hallux

• thighbones that angle in toward the knees

The natural processes operating today are the same as the natural processes that operated in the past. This is :

• catastrophism

• uniformitarianism

• gradualism

• actualism