UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL exam with well elaborated answers
When was the major migration out of Africa? - correct answer--60ka
-modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the world
When did modern humans evolve? - correct answer-200,000 years ago
modern Homo sapien derived characteristics: - correct answer--small, flat face with
portruding chin
-rounded skull
-cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
why was the modern human less robust? - correct answer--relied more on elaborate tools
and technological advancements, less on body strength
how does modern human behavior compare to that of early hominins? - correct answer--
much more complex and variable
-vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt to diverse environments
-elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive generations
Middle Stone Age (MSA) - correct answer--The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa
and southern and eastern Asia that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
, -large social networks, Llong-distance exchange networks
MSA tools - correct answer--blades: long, thin stone tools, Mode 4
-symmetrical, leaf-shaped points
-microliths: small stone flake, sharp edge on one side and flat on the other, Mode 5
-atlatl: throws spears farther
-bone tools
-shelters and hearths
When did the Middle Stone Age occur? - correct answer-Later Pleistocene
What was change in human behavior caused by? - correct answer--increased cognitive
ability
-cultural innovations, not genetic
-technological innovation
MSA transition - correct answer-technological innovation --> more efficient food
acquisition --> greater economic surplus --> more economic specialization --> greater
symbolic and ritual activity
Fossil Evidence for movement out of Africa - correct answer--earliest found in China, 120-
80ka
-no other anatomical modern fossil outside Africa that date to before 63ka
- beginning 30ka, wealth of evidence for presence of modern humans across Europe
Genetic Evidence for movement out of Africa - correct answer-1) modern humans evolved
in Africa btw 200-90ka
When was the major migration out of Africa? - correct answer--60ka
-modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the world
When did modern humans evolve? - correct answer-200,000 years ago
modern Homo sapien derived characteristics: - correct answer--small, flat face with
portruding chin
-rounded skull
-cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
why was the modern human less robust? - correct answer--relied more on elaborate tools
and technological advancements, less on body strength
how does modern human behavior compare to that of early hominins? - correct answer--
much more complex and variable
-vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt to diverse environments
-elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive generations
Middle Stone Age (MSA) - correct answer--The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa
and southern and eastern Asia that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
, -large social networks, Llong-distance exchange networks
MSA tools - correct answer--blades: long, thin stone tools, Mode 4
-symmetrical, leaf-shaped points
-microliths: small stone flake, sharp edge on one side and flat on the other, Mode 5
-atlatl: throws spears farther
-bone tools
-shelters and hearths
When did the Middle Stone Age occur? - correct answer-Later Pleistocene
What was change in human behavior caused by? - correct answer--increased cognitive
ability
-cultural innovations, not genetic
-technological innovation
MSA transition - correct answer-technological innovation --> more efficient food
acquisition --> greater economic surplus --> more economic specialization --> greater
symbolic and ritual activity
Fossil Evidence for movement out of Africa - correct answer--earliest found in China, 120-
80ka
-no other anatomical modern fossil outside Africa that date to before 63ka
- beginning 30ka, wealth of evidence for presence of modern humans across Europe
Genetic Evidence for movement out of Africa - correct answer-1) modern humans evolved
in Africa btw 200-90ka
