Neandertal Anatomy and Upper Paleolithic Insights Quiz

Module 3: Test (Chapters 5 & 6) Question 1 1 / 1 pts Compared to modern human beings, Neandertal cranial capacity is: about half the size about three-quarters the size about the same size 50% bigger Question 2 1 / 1 pts Musculoskeletal hypertrophy refers to: a disease seen in Neandertal fossils in which the bones of the skeleton have atrophied as a result of malnutrition the great size and strength of Neandertal anatomy imperfections in tooth enamel seen in Neandertal skeletons and resulting from malnutrition a genetic condition leading to great height, seen commonly in Neandertal skeletons

Question 3 1 / 1 pts The Châtelperronian industry appears to have been: a late industry of the Neandertals the earliest industry of anatomically modern Europeans derived from the stone tool industries of Africa related to the Clovis spear points of North America Question 4 1 / 1 pts The stereotype of the Neandertals as primitive and ape-like: is now known to be a rather accurate portrayal of this extinct hominin was based on the mixing of its bones with those of an ancient ape by an early analyst resulted from a late-nineteenth-century fossil hoax resulted from a preconception of what an ancient human ancestor should look like Question 5 1 / 1 pts Based on the fossil record, one key feature lacking in the Neandertal face but present in anatomically modern human beings is a:

supraorbital ridge sagittal keel chin projecting nose Question 6 1 / 1 pts Which of the following are European representatives of the premodern Homo sapiens: Ndutu, Bodo, and Kabwe Arago, Vértesszölös, and Swanscombe Narmada, Jinniushan, and Dali Zhoukoudian, Hexian, and Yunxian Question 7 1 / 1 pts The Levallois stone tool manufacturing strategy was to: produce a symmetrical core tool produce a series of long, thin, blades

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produce so-called fluted spear points remove a series of flakes from a carefully prepared core Question 8 1 / 1 pts The Sima de los Huesos site is of great significance in our analysis of the Neandertals because: there are several intentional graves in the cave there is evidence of cannibalism at this Neandertal site the more than two dozen individuals recovered represent a very early form of Neandertal or “pre-Neandertal” the Neandertals found in the cave are the youngest ever recovered; they represent a population of the last Neandertals Question 9 1 / 1 pts At the 50,000-year-old Neandertal site of Um el Tlel, researchers found direct evidence of: Neandertal hunting; a stone point embedded in the neck bone of a wild goat a primitive ceramic industry in the form of crude clay pots burial ceremonialism human sacrifice and cannibalism

Question 10 1 / 1 pts Some researchers see evidence for compassion on the part of the Neandertals in: fossils that show that some Neandertals survived severe trauma or chronic disease their placing flowers on graves their strict vegetarian diet their peaceful coexistence with smaller, weaker anatomically modern human beings Question 11 1 / 1 pts In the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Ages, the subsistence base: shifted from hunting to a reliance on gathered plant foods narrowed to a few very productive foods broadened to include a greater range of plants and animals expanded to include the earliest domesticated plants and animals Question 12 1 / 1 pts

Among the new weapons used in hunting that were developed during the Upper Paleolithic and New Stone Age, were the: spear-thrower and bow and arrow bolo and sling trebuchet handaxe Question 13 1 / 1 pts At Blombos Cave in South Africa, researchers discovered: the world’s oldest cave paintings the world’s oldest Venus figurines pieces of ochre with incised markings incised antler fragments that appear to be part of an ancient calendar based on lunar phases Question 14 1 / 1 pts The sites of Ksar Akil and Boker Tachtit are significant: in showing the development of a specialized blade tool technology more than 40,000 years ago

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in showing the development of a microblade technology in the discovery there of the oldest cave paintings as sites that have produced the skeletons of the earliest anatomically modern human beings Question 15 1 / 1 pts Compared to the Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic tool technologies are: similar in most of the essentials marked by relatively rapid change and greater geographical variability more homogeneous more focused on stone tools Question 16 1 / 1 pts In the Late Stone Age and Upper Paleolithic, stone tools exhibit: stability, remaining essentially unchanged from the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age a shift from chipped to ground stone tools a shift from flake to blade tools

an increasing reliance on volcanic as opposed to softer sedimentary rock Question 17 1 / 1 pts Where Middle Paleolithic people were opportunistic foragers, to a far greater degree, Upper Paleolithic people were: logistical collectors unrestricted wanderers complex foragers all of the above Question 18 1 / 1 pts The oldest painted images in caves on the island of Sulawesi are of: human hands animals geometric forms the moon Question 19 1 / 1 pts

The spear-thrower, an invention of the Upper Paleolithic, worked: by using the stored energy in a bent sapling to throw a spear much in the way a slingshot does by effectively increasing the length of the thrower’s arm by ingeniously using the force of gravity to propel a spear downhill Question 20 1 / 1 pts The archaeological site of Arcy-sur-Cure is significant as a place where: the oldest cave paintings have been found the first Venus figurines were found anatomically modern human beings produced sculptures that depict lunar phases Neandertals are known to have produced items of personal adornment Quiz Score: 20 out of 20 Previous Next

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