1.
The bigger the _ __ is, the farther along in the fossil record a hominin is.
Brain
2.
_ _____ tools proved how long people have inhabited North America.
Clovis
3.
An _ ___ is an ancient weapon used to hunt animals. To use, a person must throw it using a
holder that aims it.
Atlatl
4.
Neanderthals and humans had no contact in their times. (t/f)
False
5.
Homo erectus used Mousterian tools. (t/f)
F- they used acheulean
6.
A ___ is a precise geographical location of the remains of past human activity
.
Site
7.
At a site, a house or irrigation would be considered a ________.
Feature
8.
A consequence of food production is that people became healthier with more nutrients in their
diet and less cavities. (t/f)
False, nutrition decreased with a cereal based diet and the amount of
starch created more tooth decay for early humans.
9.
An ______ _____ is any species’ way of life; what it eats and how it finds mates, raises its young,
relates to companions, and protects itself from predators. A _____ ________ is the sum of all
the natural selection pressures to which a population is exposed.
Ecological niche, evolutionary
niche
10.
________ was a significant site because it showed that people were in the Americas for longer
than previously thought.
Monte verde
11.
Breeding dogs to be fluffier is an example of _______ construction.
Niche
12.
The old form of archeology was mostly focused on ______ while the new form of archeology
was mostly focused on ________.
Material remains, reconstructing lifeways
13.
An excavation involves uncovering archaeological remains through removal of deposits of soil.
(t/f)
true
14.
A _ ____ is a group of less than 50 people who are typically foragers and egalitarian.
band
15.
Tribes and chiefdoms are both heavily stratified. (t/f)
false. Typically tribes are more of a ranked
society where everyone is still equal but chiefdoms have a true leader.
16.
______ tugensis lived in Kenya 6 million years ago and could climb but not brachiate.
Orrorin
17.
Oldowan tools were used by _______.
australopithecines
18.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
lived in Chad 1 million years ago. (t/f)
false. They lived 6.5 to 7
million years ago
19.
As hominins evolved, their teeth became ________.
smaller
