ASB 222 Exam 3
Mode 3 Tools (Levallois/Mousterian) - answer Large, symmetrical flakes struck from
core, hafted to make spears; made by Neanderthals
Shnaider Cave - answer Neanderthal burial site--individual buried in cave with flowers
(pollen)
Evidence of compassion--individual was previously horribly wounded, but survived--had
to have been taken care of by someone
Theories for Disappearance of Neanderthals - answer1. Europe was cold
2. Modern humans entered Europe
Denisovans - answer close relatives of neanderthals also interbred with humans
Revolution Model - answer Rapid change in brain and cognition
Gradualism Model - answera model of evolution that theorizes that speciation is a slow
uniformed gradual process
Genetic Drift - answerRemoves genetic variation/genetically sample process
Mode 4 Tools - answerBlades, from homo sapiens, made of stone, bone, antlers, ivory,
teeth. "Micro Blades"
Ecological Range - answerrange of ecological conditions within which individuals of a
species can survive
social organization - answerthe order established in social groups
Domestication of Dogs - answersouthwest Asia; 12,000 years ago. Humans in modern
Asia.
Wallace Line - answerseparates species with Asian and Australian affinities. 62 miles of
ocean in between.
Beringia - answeran ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are believed
to have migrated from Asia into the Americas
15 thousand years ago - answerWhen humans entered North America
Mode 3 Tools (Levallois/Mousterian) - answer Large, symmetrical flakes struck from
core, hafted to make spears; made by Neanderthals
Shnaider Cave - answer Neanderthal burial site--individual buried in cave with flowers
(pollen)
Evidence of compassion--individual was previously horribly wounded, but survived--had
to have been taken care of by someone
Theories for Disappearance of Neanderthals - answer1. Europe was cold
2. Modern humans entered Europe
Denisovans - answer close relatives of neanderthals also interbred with humans
Revolution Model - answer Rapid change in brain and cognition
Gradualism Model - answera model of evolution that theorizes that speciation is a slow
uniformed gradual process
Genetic Drift - answerRemoves genetic variation/genetically sample process
Mode 4 Tools - answerBlades, from homo sapiens, made of stone, bone, antlers, ivory,
teeth. "Micro Blades"
Ecological Range - answerrange of ecological conditions within which individuals of a
species can survive
social organization - answerthe order established in social groups
Domestication of Dogs - answersouthwest Asia; 12,000 years ago. Humans in modern
Asia.
Wallace Line - answerseparates species with Asian and Australian affinities. 62 miles of
ocean in between.
Beringia - answeran ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are believed
to have migrated from Asia into the Americas
15 thousand years ago - answerWhen humans entered North America
