All Anthro

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which is NOT a 'Relative' method of dating fossils and artifacts? Biostratigraphy Carbon dating Fluorine dating Seriation

2. Which species of human is earliest in the fossil record? Homo heidelbergensis Homo erectus Homo habilis Homo neandertalensis

3. The docking of the African and Eurasian land plates at about 16 million years ago was the cause of: Apes in Europe Colder weather Large-scale extinction All of these

4. As a primate, your major form of locomotion is True Brachiation, so how do you get around MOST of the time? Walk upright Swing from your arms only through the trees Walk on all fours on top of tree branches Leap branch to branch using your back legs

5. Two species very distantly related that develop similar physical traits from adaptation to similar environmental selection pressures are an example of: Sympatric speciation Convergent evolution Oogenesis Punctuated Equilibrium

6. What's the name of the place where agriculture is currently believed to have FIRST originated, referred to as the 'fertile crescent'? Cathay Iraq The Gangetic States Brittania

7. Who formed the Theory of Genetic Inheritance? Charles Darwin Gregor Mendel Charles Lyell Louis Leakey

8. If you practice polyandry, you are: A woman married to multiple men Married to your sister A man married to multiple women A priest practicing celibacy

9. What cranial feature do modern Homo sapiens possess that Neandertals do not? More teeth Extra sutures A chin Smaller sagittal crests

10. In linguistics, where are you if you are in a 'built environment'? A library A bus stop All of these A prison