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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Selam’s fossil contained her entire skull and spinal cord
B An endocast allowed us to learn about the maturation rate of Australopithecus afarensis
C Selam was an elderly fossil, which showed us how early Australopithecines started aging
D She was an infant, and infant fossils are less common in the fossil record
Question #2
A Her brain size was roughly 440 cubic centimeters
B She was not capable of bipedalism
C She had large, thick molars and sexually dimorphic canines
D Her legs were longer than her arms, but her arms were still long enough to brachiate
Question #3
A Sagittal keel and delicate mandible
B Flared zygomatics, Sagittal keel and delicate mandible
C Flared zygomatics, Sagittal crest and Huge molars
D Flared zygomatics, Sagittal keel and Huge molars
Question #4
A Sagittal crest, Sagittal keel and Nuchal torus
B Sagittal crest, Flared zygomatics and Huge molars
C Sagittal keel and Nuchal torus
D Sagittal crest, Flared zygomatics and Nuchal torus
Question #5
A Political strategies by male chimpanzees
B Collective problem solving strategies among apes
C Grieving and mourning among mother chimpanzees
D Ability to learn English words and communicate them verbally
Question #6
A canines, incisors, premolars
B incisors, premolars, canines, molars
C Incisors, canines, premolars, molars
D canine, incisors, premolars, molars
Question #7
A Whether a male can protect all the females and children in the group single handedly
B Whether the climate is conducive to mating
C Whether the primates are nocturnal
D If the male’s participation in child rearing increases the likelihood the child will survive.
Question #8
A Exothermic
B Produce milk for their young
C Have live young
D Endothermic
Question #9
A dental formula
B dental enamel
C dental attrition
D dental arcade
Question #10
A Suggest that motherhood is learned
B to show that the benefits of motherhood do not outweigh the costs.
C show that rhesus monkeys do not get attached to their infants like other mammals.
D imply that there is a biological component to the behavior of motherhood.
Question #11
A bows and arrows
B Fossil bones
C Atylatl
D wooden spears
Question #12
A Bodo cranium
B Kabwe cranium
C Herto cranium
D Turkana boy
Question #13
A Advanced use of hunting and trapping materials that showed Neanderthals exploited small game resources as well as oceanic resources
B A Levallois tool making technique that allowed Neanderthals to control the size and shape of their stone tools
C Leather working instruments that showed Neanderthals were manipulating animals pelts in order to making clothing and shoes
D Burials where Neanderthal bodies were placed in the fetal position and covered in flowers, reflecting a potential for spirituality
Question #14
A Neanderthals had bodies of equal size to Homo sapiens, which allowed them to effectively compete for resources in a mild climate
B Neanderthals had short and stocky bodies that allowed them to retain heat in an arctic environment
C Neanderthals had bodies that were lighter and leaner than Homo sapiens, which allowed them to retain more heat in an arctic environment
D Neanderthals had short and stocky bodies that allowed them to reduce heat in a sub-tropical environment
Question #15
A Relatively small brain size compared to Homo sapiens
B Swept back cheeks
C Projected mid face
D Double arched brow
Question #16
A Omomyoids
B Adapoids
C Procunsul
D Plesiadapiforms
Question #17
A Magdelanian
B Mousterian
C acheulean
D Oldowan
Question #18
A The Dmanisi were very small in stature and lacked the features we originally believed Homo erectus needed in order to travel long distances outside of Africa.
B The Dmanisi were found in Georgia outside of Africa and date back to 1.8 mya, which pushes the date of migration by Homo erectus back nearly 1 million years.
C The Dmanisi were still using Oldowan tools, but anthropologists believed Homo erectus needed to use more advanced tools in order to meet their energy budget.
D The Dmanisi were found to be advanced hunters, which negated the theory that Homo erectus migrated because they were following animals they scavenged from.
Question #19
A Sagittal keel
B Long, low braincase
C 950 cc average brain size
D Thinner browridge that ancestors
Question #20
A Sahelenthropus tchadensis
B Australopithecus afarensis
C Homo sapiens
D Homo erectus
Question #21
A Barrel shaped rib cage
B Longer legs
C Longer toes
D Stabilized foot arch