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1

Which of the following is not a site where Neanderthal remains were discovered in the nineteenth century?
A)Forbes' Quarry
B)Engis
C)Levallois
D)Feldhofer Cave
2

Neanderthals skulls
A)are smaller than those of anatomically modern humans
B)cannot be distinguished from those of modern humans
C)have heavy brow ridges
D)none of the above
3

Neanderthal limb bones
A)indicate that the Neanderthals were not fully bipedal
B)show that the Neanderthals were taller than anatomically modern humans
C)are rarely found in archaeological sites
D)are thick, robust, and often slightly curved
4

The traditional Alpine glacial chronology
A)has been replaced by a more complex glacial chronology based on oxygen-isotope stages
B)identified 6 main glacial phases
C)is a state-of-the art approach to the study of Pleistocene chronology
D)all of the above
5

Oxygen isotope ratios
A)are based on deep-sea cores
B)provide a record of ancient temperatures
C)show that the Pleistocene chronology was far more complex than originally thought
D)all of the above
6

The oxygen-isotope stages
A)cannot be dated by any absolute dating method
B)can be correlated with the earth's magnetic reversals which have been dated by methods such as potassium-argon dating
C)can all be dated using the radiocarbon method
D)none of the above
7

Boule's reconstruction of the Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints
A)was a thoroughly objective reconstruction of this Neanderthal
B)showed that Neanderthals had an upright posture
C)suggested that the Neanderthals were not in the direct line of modern human ancestry
D)all of the above
8

Today, most biological anthropologists agree that
A)Homo heidelbergensis is the direct ancestor of the European Neanderthals
B)modern humans evolved in Europe
C)Neanderthals have been found only in Europe
D)none of the above
9

The European Neanderthals may be descended from a population that included the fossils from
A)Ehringsdorf, near Weimar in Germany
B)Spy in Belgium
C)Shanidar in Iraq
D)Qafzef in Israel
10

The Mousterian industry
A)includes many tools made on thick flakes
B)is named for the type site of Le Moustier in southwestern France
C)is often associated with Neanderthal fossils
D)all of the above
11

Which of the following tool types are not usually found in Mousterian assemblages?
A)scrapers and borers
B)choppers and chopping tools
C)notches and denticulates
D)Levallois flakes
12

Bordes explained the variation seen in different Mousterian assemblages as
A)resulting from different activities
B)as cultural variations between different traditions
C)as chronological changes through time
D)as a result of lithic reduction sequences
13

Lithic reduction sequences
A)can be used to study how stone tools were made, used, and reused over time
B)provide direct support for Bordes' typology
C)cannot be reconstructed for Mousterian tools
D)all of the above
14

The archaeological data from Middle Paleolithic sites in Europe indicates that
A)Neanderthals were incapable of hunting large mammals
B)Neanderthals were primarily vegetarian
C)Neanderthals both hunted and scavenged meat
D)Neanderthals did not use spears
15

The site of Kebara Cave in Israel
A)produced a nearly complete Neanderthal burial
B)provided no evidence for the use of fire by Neanderthals
C)provided evidence for the appearance of early modern humans in the Middle East
D)none of the above
16

The Neanderthal from Kebara is important because
A)the skeleton appears to have been intentionally buried
B)its preserved hyoid bone indicates that Neanderthals may have been capable of speech
C)the burial is dated to between 64,000 and 59,000 years ago
D)all of the above
17

The Neanderthal child burial from Teshik-Tash
A)is a classic example of corpse disposal
B)was buried with a ring of wild goat horns
C)shows that Neanderthals could have interbred with modern humans
D)all of the above
18

Pollen analysis of the soils from a burial at Shanidar Cave
A)indicated that one of the Shanidar Neanderthals may have been buried with flowers
B)shows that the Near Eastern Neanderthals may have had a plant-based diet
C)has been used to date the burial
D)was used to reconstruct the Pleistocene environment in the vicinity of the cave
19

The Middle Stone Age industry from the Klassies River Mouth site in Africa
A)was associated with Neanderthals
B)is based on Levallois flakes
C)is quite similar to the Near Eastern Levalloiso-Mousterian
D)none of the above
20

The African Middle Stone Age industry differs from the European Mousterian because
A)the African Middle Stone Age artifacts were made by modern humans, while the Mousterian industry in Europe was made by Neanderthals
B)the European Mousterian was made by modern humans
C)Middle Stone Age industries are older
D)African Middle Stone Age industries contain no animal bone remains





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