A) had a narrower range of functions.
B) used fewer raw materials.
C) were characterized by fewer tool types.
D) required more learning and skill to produce.
F) A) and D)
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A) significantly increased the available food and nutrition and decreased tooth size after learning to control fire.
B) started to use fire to keep animals away from their camps, thus allowing them to survive the long African nights.
C) began to cannibalize (and cook) other hominins, thus decreasing competition and increasing food availability at the same time.
D) took much longer to evolve than other hominins because cooking made life much easier and more survivable for them.
F) A) and C)
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A) are nearly nonexistent; it is possible that H.erectus never lived there.
B) are very important and fairly abundant, but the largest single collection of Chinese H.erectus was lost to science in World War II.
C) are numerous and among the oldest, suggesting that H.erectus evolved there.
D) all date to after 100,000 years ago.
F) A) and D)
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A) Homo sapiens
B) Homo habilis
C) Homo erectus
D) Australopithecus
F) B) and C)
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A) several hominins, including but not limited to Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and various Australopithecine species, were alive at overlapping time periods, just as earlier periods saw several species of Australopithecine alive at once.
B) the great diversity of hominins known from earlier periods was quickly trimmed down so only Homo erectus existed, alone, for most of that time.
C) there were two species of early hominin, Homo habilis living in Africa and Homo erectus living in Asia.
D) there was one widespread species of hominin, Homo erectus, with so much variation that early anthropologists thought there were several species existing side by side.
F) B) and D)
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A) long legs and opposable toes.
B) double arches and an adducted big toe.
C) long arms.
D) a foramen magnum at the back of the skull.
F) A) and B)
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A) H.naledi seems most likely a member of the genus Homo; however, its small brain size is regarded as a primitive hominin trait more reminiscent of the australopithecines.
B) H.naledi sits comfortably at the juncture of Australopithecus and early Homo, since all of its traits seem intermediate between the two.
C) H.naledi has several traits that do not fit with the genus Homo, including its large browridge and thick cranial bones; however, it must be Homo because it is securely dated to 1 mya.
D) H.naledi demonstrates the exact mix of traits expected for a new Homo fossil of this time period and this region.
F) None of the above
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A) 1.0 mya.
B) 800,000 yBP.
C) 1.7 mya.
D) 2.5 mya.
F) B) and C)
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A) provide a detailed picture of the habitat in which australopithicines and Homo habilis coexisted about 2.5 mya.
B) provide a detailed picture of the habitat in which Homo erectus lived about 1 mya.
C) demonstrate that Asian Homo erectus lived in a rain forest.
D) prove that in certain areas of Africa, there were no large mammals, only "microfauna" consisting of mice and similar creatures.
F) A) and C)
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A) a nearly complete Homo erectus skeleton.
B) a concentration with thousands of hand axes, other tools, and butchered animal bones.
C) being the only place where robust australopithecines are found.
D) being the oldest H.habilis bearing site.
F) A) and C)
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A) dietary shift.
B) tool use for obtaining and processing food.
C) big-game hunting.
D) the use of marine resources.
F) All of the above
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A) Asian; African
B) European; African
C) African; Asian
D) African; European
F) All of the above
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A) emerged around 2.5 mya.
B) is used to describe simple pebble tools.
C) emerged around 1.5 mya.
D) is characteristic of Homo habilis.
F) B) and D)
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A) 3-1 mya.
B) 2.5-0.5 mya.
C) 1.8 mya-300,000 yBP.
D) 1.2 mya-800,000 yBP.
F) A) and C)
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A) Ardipithecus.
B) Paranthropus.
C) Australopithecus.
D) Homo habilis.
F) B) and D)
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A) Homo habilis shows a reduction in the size of the face relative to the brain case.
B) Homo erectus shows a reduction in the size of the face relative to the brain case.
C) Homo habilis generally has a greater brain capacity than Homo erectus.
D) Homo erectus generally has a smaller brain capacity than Homo habilis.
F) A) and C)
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