Unit 3

Question 1

Australopithecus sediba

Answer 1

1.977 MYA
A new species of Homo-like Australopith from South Africa
Discovered 2008-2010
FAMOUS ANCESTOR: may be species that puts more form to Australopithecus-Homo transition

Question 2

Homo Naledi

Answer 2

NEW FIND - Announced in September 2015
Body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human
Ritual burial

Question 3

Pleistocene Epoch

Answer 3

2 MYA - 10 KYA

Question 4

Omo Tool Tradition

Answer 4

Core and flake technology 2.6 MYA

Found at Omo, Hadar, and Turkana

Question 5

Oldowan Pebble Tools

Answer 5

2.0-1.5 MYA

First to be discovered

Question 6

Acheulean Tools

Answer 6

1.9 MYA

Question 7

Homo habilis

Answer 7

2.5-1.4 MYA
Olduvai Gorge by Louis and Mary Leakey
Smaller face
510-800 cc cranium

Question 8

Homo rudolfensis

Answer 8

2.0-1.5 MYA
Lake Turkana in 1972
700 cc cranium
Larger face and teeth than H. habilis

Question 9

Homo erectus

Answer 9

1.89 MYA - 70 KYA 
Discovered in 1891 in Indonesia
Acheulean Stone Tools
900 cc cranium
First to leave Africa
Hunting&gathering
Fire

Question 10

Homo floresiensis

Answer 10

18 KYA 
Discovered in 2004 Flores Island in Indonesia
3 ft tall
380 cc cranium
Genetic Isolation

Question 11

Brocha’s Area

Answer 11

Motor skills of speech

Question 12

Wernick’s Area

Answer 12

Ability to process sounds

Question 13

Archaic Homo sapiens

Answer 13

Mixture of H. erectus and H. sapiens features
1,000 1,400 cc cranium
Stone Tools
Wood spears associated with hunting

Question 14

Mousterian Technologies

Answer 14

Large core tools, hand axes & scrapers

Levaloisian method

Question 15

Denisovans

Answer 15

Split from human line ~ 600 KYA
1 pinky and 2 molars found, dated to 30 & 50 KYA
Discovered in 2008
DNA unlike any other

Question 16

Neanderthals

Answer 16

400-24 KYA
Discovered in Neanderthal Valley, Germany 1856
1,450 cc cranium
Short and stocky - very muscular
Most skeletons show evidence of traumatic injury
Cave Dwellers
Ritual burials

Question 17

Anatomically Modern Humans

Answer 17

1,350 CC Cranium
Oldest fossils 160,000 BP
Out of Africa 2
Evolved in Africa - 200,000 BP

Question 18

Eve Hypothesis

Answer 18

All AMH’s traced back 200,000 BP to group in Africa