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The first Australopith discovered in South Africa was |
| | A) | The Millennium Man, Orrorin tugenensis |
| | B) | The Taung child, Australopithecus africanus |
| | C) | Zinjanthropus |
| | D) | Sahelanthropus |
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In comparison to the modern great apes, such as chimps and gorillas, modern humans |
| | A) | have large, projecting canines |
| | B) | make and use tools |
| | C) | are bipedal |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Fossils of Paranthropus robustus have been found at |
| | A) | Kromdraai |
| | B) | Taung |
| | C) | Laetoli |
| | D) | Sterkfontein |
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Hominin fossils found at Olduvai Gorge include |
| | A) | Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus boisei |
| | B) | Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis |
| | C) | Australopithecus afarensis and Ardipithecus ramidus |
| | D) | Homo habilis and Australopithecus africanus |
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Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) is considered a hominin because she |
| | A) | has a large cranial capacity |
| | B) | is as tall as modern humans |
| | C) | made and used stone tools |
| | D) | is bipedal |
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The footprints of a bipedal hominin were discovered at |
| | A) | Laetoli |
| | B) | Taung |
| | C) | Hadar |
| | D) | Sterkfontein |
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Place the fossils in the correct chronological sequence, from oldest to youngest: |
| | A) | Australopithecus anamensis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afaransis, Homo habilis |
| | B) | Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus anamensis, Homo habilis,Australopithecus afaransis |
| | C) | Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus afaransis, Homo habilis |
| | D) | Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afaransis, Australopithecus anamensis, Homo habilis |
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The Black skull is classified as |
| | A) | Paranthropus aethiopicus |
| | B) | Paranthropus robustus |
| | C) | Paranthropus boisei |
| | D) | Australopithecus anamensis |
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Most anthropologists consider the Black Skull to be ancestral to |
| | A) | Homo habilis |
| | B) | Homo rudolfensis |
| | C) | the robust australopiths |
| | D) | Lucy |
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Early members of the genus Homo have been recovered from |
| | A) | Hadar and Laetoli |
| | B) | Drimolen |
| | C) | Gona |
| | D) | Koobi Fora and Olduvai Gorge |
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Australopithecis garhi |
| | A) | dates to about 3.0 Ma |
| | B) | is ancestral to the Black Skull |
| | C) | is sometimes known as Lucy |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The potassium-argon dating method |
| | A) | can be used to date bones directly |
| | B) | can be used to date bones and stone tools directly |
| | C) | is another name for the radiocarbon dating method |
| | D) | has been used to date many early hominin sites in East Africa |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The potassium-argon method is based on |
| | A) | the decay of a radioactive form of potassium into argon gas |
| | B) | the decay of argon into potassium |
| | C) | the presence of radioactive potassium in stone tools |
| | D) | the pressence of radioactive potassium in ancient fossils |
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Which of the following is a method of relative dating that has been used to date the South African hominin sites |
| | A) | potassium-argon dating |
| | B) | radiocarbon dating |
| | C) | fission-track dating |
| | D) | correlation of faunal assemblages |
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The osteodontokeratic culture |
| | A) | was first defined by Raymond Dart |
| | B) | was associated with the South African australopiths |
| | C) | was based on the use of bone, horn, and teeth |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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C. K. Brain argued that |
| | A) | the osteodontokeratic culture was made by Hottentots |
| | B) | that the South African australopiths were big-game hunters |
| | C) | Dart's view of the osteodontokeratic culture was correct |
| | D) | some australpiths may have been food for large carnivores |
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Which of the following statements is true of hominin evolution in general? |
| | A) | Cranial capacity increased well before the appearance of bipedalism |
| | B) | Hominins began to use stone tools as early as 6 Ma |
| | C) | Bipedalism appears before the expansion of the brain |
| | D) | Lucy is the earliest known human ancestor |
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Early hominin fossils |
| | A) | are known from South Africa only |
| | B) | are known from all regions of Africa |
| | C) | are common in both Africa and Asia |
| | D) | are known from South Africa and East Africa |
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