Can you name the aspects of human evolution?

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Where were the Neanderthals?
Were early bipeds completely out of the trees?
what showed transition homo erectus to tool makers
A. bahrekghazeli was found in what country?
bifacial, tear drop shaped, more formal
digging, splitting, heavy use
P. robustus is from which part of Africa?
ice age time period
H. antecessor, H. erectus, heildelbergensis and archaic homo sapiens are all
A. afarensis has which other name?
What is another name for mode 2 stone tools?
Which genus was speech a given because of a larnyx similar to mdern day?
what type of stone tools existed no earlier then 2.6 mya
brain expansion, African, long fingers and toes for tree climbing, first with stone tool ability, tree dweller
What was Raymond Dart's profession?
Name a diferent varitation of paranthropus
using sensitive evolutionary animal histories to date sites
What was the first in the line of hominids?
was speech possible for homo habilis?
What was needed to support digestion of large amounts of raw food?
Habilis and paranthropus diverged from what?
Lucy is what kind of skeleton find?
What is P. boisei similar to?
scrapers, burins, knives, bifacial
unlivable, environmental changes in ice age, ice a mile thick, expanding polar ice cap
What hominid is at the end of the line of archaic homo sapiens?
1.4mya tool type
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What kind of find is the 'black skull'
When is the first evidence of brain expansion?
What were hominids before hunters?
Name a variation of paranthropus
Who first discovered Homo erectus?
Variation of australopithecus discovered by Donald Johanson
Homo antecessor, heidelbergensis and neandethal are all examples of what
What is not common between all austrolopithicenes
How many species does paranthropus have?
wind blown silt previously pulverized by glaciers, preserves sites well
Variation of australopithicus discoverd by Raymond Dart
choppers and chopping tools were from which mode?
What is the earliest complete biped?
What invention marks mode 2 tools?
what is special about homo ergaster?
Found on homo erectus, what is the bony ridge on top of the skull
erectus and ergaster diverged from what line?
one sided tools
What is the earliest member of genus homo?
What early hominid is from West Europe?
Where did Eugene Dubois first discover Homo erectus?
What genus did Eugene Dubois first assign to Homo erectus?
Who made the first stone tools?
flake tools are from which mode?
What was the last species to have a conical thorax?
What is the Mauer Heilelberg find?
What gave better manual dexterity to homo erectus?
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Which line of australopithicene leads to homo habilis?
What genus was an evolutionary dead end?
choppers, cores and flakes were part of which mode of stone tools
were mode 1 tools unifacial or bifacial?
time between ice age
What is common between all australopithicenes?
1/2mya what method of subsistence was present?
Which part of paranthropus was more developed than australopithicenes?
efficient for finding food and water, provides less exposure to solar radiation
Where is the Leakey's dig?
Who used mode 1 tools?
Which australopithecene only has mandable minds dated 73mys
What were most of the Leakey's finds?
Homo ergaster is a small brained version of what
current time period
two sided tools
What is another name for mode 1 tools
choppers and chopping tools were uni or bifacial?
Where was the Mauer Heidelberg find?
What bone find does not fit in any other category?
Name a different variation of paranthropus
Which australopithicene has limb proportions most like modern humans?
What name did Leaky first give P. boisei?
Which australopithicene is found exclusively in Europe?
why can mammalian biostratigraphy be effectective
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Human Evolution, archaeology, stone tool Quiz

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