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Paleoanthropology correct answer: - The Study of immediate ancestors of humans (hominins) - Relies on fossils - Geographically specific: 1) East and South Africa 2) East Asia 3) Middle East Taphonomy correct answer: - Study of decomposition - Process may be arrested by 1) Dry 2) Cold 3) Wet (anaerobic environments) Fossilization correct answer: - Rare process - Conditions must be right Types of Fossils: - Sedimentary Rock - Volcanic Activity Law of superposition correc...

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TEST BANK for Essentials of Physical Anthropology 10th Edition by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan And Eric Bartelink. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chapter Outline I. Introduction A. Hominins are members of an evolutionary lineage which includes our own species, Homo sapiens, and all extinct bipedal relatives. 1. The 3.7 million year-old footprints at the ancient savanna site of Laetoli, as well as numerous fossil discoveries in Africa, are clear evidence ...

When was the major migration out of Africa? -60ka -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the world When did modern humans evolve? 200,000 years ago modern Homo sapien derived characteristics: -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? -relied more on elaborate tools and techno...

ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU WITH CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS what makes us human? Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency Compared with the young of other primates, human children h...

what makes us human? : Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism : stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls : Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency : Compared with the young of other primates, human children have a long period of childhood dependency, du...

Anthropology 105 Exam 3 Latest Update Graded A+ Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Miocene (23 - 5 m.y.a.) (Tertiary Period) Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Pleistocene (2 m.y.a. to 10,000 BP) (Ice ages) Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Recent (10,000 BP to present The most important epochs for study of hominin evolution are the? Miocene, Pleistocene, Recent Hominin: Term Term hominin used to designate the human line after its split from ancestral chimps Definition: Hominid...

When was the major migration out of Africa? - -60ka -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and robust hominids across the world When did modern humans evolve? - 200,000 years ago modern Homo sapien derived characteristics: - -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? - -relied more on elaborate tools and technological a...