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ASM 246 Arizona State University -Human Origins Final, asm246 final correctly answered graded A+The first Australopithecus afarensis fossil found at Hadar was which of the following? - correct answer A knee joint The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" is which of the following? - correct answer 3.2 million years old An imprint of the braincase, such as the one found along with the Taung child fossil, is called which of the following? - correct answer Endocast The homini...

Complete Test Bank for Exploring Biological Anthropology, The Essentials, 4th Edition by Craig Stanford, John S. Allen, Susan C. Antón ; ISBN13: 9780135570579....(Full Chapters included and organized in reverse order from Chapter 15 to 1)...1. What Is Biological Anthropology? 2. Origins of Evolutionary Thought 3. Genetics: Cells and Molecules 4. Genetics: From Genotype to Phenotype 5. The Forces of Evolution and the Formation of Species 6. Human Variation: Evolution, Adaptation, and Adapt...

Which of the following features are associated with bipedalism as seen in humans? - Correct Answer - length of the leg - valgus knee - nonopposable big toe Which of the following statements is true about nonhoning chewing and bipedalism? - Correct Answer They preceded speech and the use of stone tools by several million years. The provisioning hypothesis proposed by Lovejoy focuses on the advantage of monogamy for the survival of the mother and offspring. - Correct Answer True You are...

Penn Foster Biology Proctored Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers What are the Adaptations in Australopithecus Afarensi - CORRECT ANSWER - Repositioned forearm magnum, Basin, Valgus angle at the knee, Non-Opposable big toe what is the repositioned forearm magnum - CORRECT ANSWER - the spinal cord enters the skill from the base rather then the back

Human Origins Final, asm246 final ASM 246 Arizona State University - Questions with complete solution Human Origins Final, asm246 final The first Australopithecus afarensis fossil found at Hadar was which of the following? - correct answer A knee joint The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" is which of the following? - correct answer 3.2 million years old An imprint of the braincase, such as the one found along with the Taung child fossil, is called which of the follo...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Final Exam well answeredTrue or False: Lucy's skeleton has both ape and humanlike characteristics. - correct answer True True or false? Although it has a smaller birth canal and more flaring blades, Lucy's pelvis is more similar to a human pelvis than it is to a chimpanzee pelvis. - correct answer True When Professor Johanson and his team were working in Ethiopia in the 1970s, they discovered the remains of Lucy at which of the following fossil s...

AFST 235 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed The origins of humanity lie in which of the following continents? -South America - Asia - North America - Africa Africa Where were the first fossils discovered (1856) - paving the way for the greater search for the "missing link" - East Africa - Java - Germany - Southern Africa Germany Which of the following early humans were the first to make simple stone tools? - Australopithecus - Homo erectus - Homo habilis - "Piltdown M...

Gracile Australopithecines - 3.5-<2mya - A. sediba - A. africanus Possible hominins - 7- 4.4mya Robust hominins - 2.7-1.2mya - Paranthropus robustus - P. boisei - P. aethiopicus Early hominins - 4.2-2.5mya - Australopithecus garhi - A. afarensis - A. anamensis - Kenyanthropus Early Australopithecines Traits - bipeds (but retain some arboreal adaptations) - sexually dimorphic - brain only slightly larger on average than chimpanzee's - 4.2-2.5mya Australopithecus afarensis Traits - 4-3mya...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 final well answereda knee joint - correct answer The first Australopithecus afarensis fossil found at Hadar was what body part? 3.2 million years ago - correct answer The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" was dated how old? A human like foot adapted to bipedalism - correct answer The hominin footprints at Laetoli preserve evidence of which of the following? endocast - correct answer An imprint of the braincase, such as the one f...

AFST FINAL Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Which early humans first to use simple stone tools - CORRECT ANSWER- Australopithecus Although considered simplistic, archaeologists and historians have generally divided the period of stone tool making into three distinct ages. They were - CORRECT ANSWER- Early Middle and Late