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Anthropology Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was Adripithecus ramidus found? | 1992 |
| Who found Adripithecus ramidus? | Time White |
| How old is Adripithecus ramidus? | 4.4 million years old |
| What is Adripithecus ramidus common name? | Forrest dweller |
| What is the Forrest dwellers scientific name? | Adripithecus ramidus |
| When was Australopithecus anamensis found? | 1990s |
| Who found Australopithecus anamensis? | Meave Leaky |
| How old is Australopithecus anamensis? | 4 million years old |
| What is Australopithecus anamensis common name? | 1965 (lake Turkana) |
| What is 1965(lake Turkanas) scientific name? | Australopithecus Anamensis |
| When was Australopithecus afarensis found? | 1974 |
| How old is Australopithecus afarensis? | 4-3 million years old |
| What is Australopithecus afarensis common name? | Lucy |
| What is Lucys scientific name? | Australopithecus afarensis |
| Who found Australopithecus afarensis? | Don Johanson |
| When was Australopithecus africanus found? | 1924 |
| Who found Australopithecus africanus? | Raymond Dart |
| How old is Australopithecus africanus? | 3 million years ago |
| What is Australopithecus africanus common name? | Taung baby |
| What is Taung baby's scientific name? | Australopithecus africanus |
| List the 4 fossils found in Africa from oldest to newest (year they were actually from not found) | Ardipithecus ramidus or Forest dweller Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis or Lucy australopithecus africanus or taung baby |
| What do the first four fossils (forest dweller, lucy, taung baby and 1965) all have in common? | They were all found in Africa |
| Describe the characteristics of being ape like from the waist up (there's 4) | small brains small stature long arms ape like teeth |
| What is so important about the year 1924 (besides Taung baby being found) | It was the beginning of discipline of human experience |
| Who found homo habilis? | Mary and Louis Leakey |
| How old is homo habilis? | 2.4 million years old |
| When was homo habilis found? | 1960 |
| What is homo habilis's common name? | Tool maker |
| What is tool makers scientific name? | Homo habilis |
| What is special about Homo habilis? | The first species to show use of tools |
| What was the first evidence of culture in the fossil record? | Oldowon tools |
| What were oldowon tools used for? | Scavenging |
| What does "Homo" mean | culture |
| When was homo erectus found? | 1984 |
| Who found homo erectus? | Richard Leakey |
| How old is homo erectus? | 1.8 million years old |
| What is homo erectus common name? | Turkana boy |
| What is special about homo erectus? | First species to show use of fire |
| What is Turkana boys scientific name? | Homo erectus |
| What does fire show? | Population can finally migrate out of Africa |
| How old is Homo neanderthalensis? | 200,000 years old |
| Who found Homo neanderthalensis? | A school teacher |
| When was Homo neanderthalensis found? | 1856 |
| What is Homo neanderthalensis common name? | Cave man |
| What is Cave man's scientific name? | Homo neanderthalensis |
| What is the common misconception about neanderthals? | That they are dumb |
| What makes the neanderthal look dumb? (3 reasons) | No neck Really big nose Pronounced brow ridge |
| What is a homo sapien? | Modern day human |
| What makes a human, a human? | Being a biped |
| How did Lucy prove bipedialism as a human trait? | Footprints were found |
| How can you tell a skeleton is a male or female? | If it has wider hips it is a women |
| What is a hominid? | an erect walking bipedal primate that is human, ancestors to human, or collateral relative to humans |
| What separated hominids from apes? | Being a biped |
| Why are hominids brains so big? | Social life |
| When did hominids brains start increasing? | 2 million years ago |
| Why did homo sapiens outlive their relatives? (3 theories) | Ability to adapt to environment during ice age Having more children Ability to migrate to different regions |
| Diseases of civilization? | diseases or disorders such as obesity which epitomize a great deal of modern capitalist society, and their infrequent care for their health |
| Food Foragers? | People who live in a society with economic patterns of harvesting of wild food resoures |
| Why are humans shorter than they were before? | Agriculture reduced animal intake |
| How are teeth now different than paleolithic period? | Way more cavities now |
| What was the stone age diet? | less salt, hardly any dairy, and meat was less fatty |
| Epidemiology | Study of disease patterns (diseases of civilization) |
| What are some diseases of civilization? (name 4) | heart disease diabetes lung cancer (from smoking) obesity |
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