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Anthropology 101 Kerr FinalFalse - correct answer Neanderthal remains have never been found outside of Africa True - correct answer Homo Habilis is credited with the first stone tools, known as Oldowan False - correct answer Homo Habilis remains are found in Asia, Africa, Java, and India True - correct answer Homo erectus was first known as Pithecanthropus erectus True - correct answer Some Neanderthals had brains that were larger than ours today True - correct answer Obsidian too...

Archaeology - ANSWERA holistic process. The systematic study of humankind through past remains Four subfields of anthropology - ANSWERPhysical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Archaeology Physical Anthropology - ANSWERstudies humans as a biological species. Cultural Anthropology - ANSWERNon-genetic form of adaptation. Human behavior and culture. Linguistic Anthropology - ANSWERStudies characteristics, relationships, and culture of language. Archaeo...

AESC EXAM 1 KIEPPER UGA VERIFIED SUCCESS Key Concepts and Definitions - Agriculture only concerns the production of food: ️ False. - Recent human population mark: ️ The human population of Earth recently passed the 7.5 billion mark. - Average percentage of annual income spent on food in the US: ️ Less than 10%. - About ____ years ago, humans invented ______ which delineates History from Prehistory: ️ 5,000 years ago and writing. - About ___________ years ago, humans beg...

Some nitrogen is fixed by the action of lightning. correct answers true The first dinosaurs appeared in the ____. correct answers Triassic the ____ are broad-winged soaring species correct answers buteos the ____ era is broken down into epochs correct answers cenozoic gerbes are loon-like birds with ____ feet correct answers lobed the development of young from unfertilized eggs is called correct answers parthenogenesis the ____ were African ratites introduced to Australia corre...

Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii correct answers False The ____ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns correct answers Shrikes The northern mockingbird is most closely related to the correct answers Thrashers Titmice are in the same family as the correct answers Chickadees Most tangers are found in correct answers South America The kinglets are a family found only in the old world correct answers False There is a native species of cro...

What were their society, technology, and culture? - Answer - Humans used fire in new ways: to aid hunting and foraging, to protect against predators and to adapt to cold environments. - Humans developed a wider range of tools specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra. Where did humans first appear on Earth? - Answer Out of Africa Describe earliest humans' technology & tools - Answer - Religion was most likely animistic. - Economic structures focused on s...

ASCI 112 Midterm #2 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Nutritional Ecology - ANSWER-Adaptation of animals to their environments by development of dietary habits and physiological mechanisms that allow them to exploit available food sources in their habitats; few animals are restricted to one type of food because they adapt Continuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that consume low-quality foodstuffs, like grasses, and/or foodstuffs that are scattered in small quantities over large...

Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity, 18e (Kottak) Chapter 1 What is Anthropology? 1) What is anthropology? A) the art of ethnography B) the study of long-term physiological adaptation C) the study of the stages of social evolution D) the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies E) the study of humans around the world and through time Answer: E Topic: Defining anthropology Learning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holist...

Civilization - correct answer An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits. Foragers - correct answer People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. Cuneiform - correct answer A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumeria...

Anthropology 101 Chapter 16adaptive strategy - correct answer means of making a living; productive system Foraging - correct answer an economy and a way of life based on hunting and gathering Correlations - correct answer An association; when one variable changes, another does, too. band - correct answer the basic social unit among foragers; fewer than a hundred people; may split up seasonally Horticulture - correct answer No industrial plant cultivation with fallowing Agriculture...