UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
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UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. When was the ma-
jor migration out of
Africa?
2. When did modern
humans evolve?
3. modern Homo sapi-
en derived charac-
teristics:
4. why was the modern
human less robust?
5. how does mod-
ern human behavior
compare to that of...
UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. When was the ma- -60ka
jor migration out of -modern humans replaced the Neanderthals and ro-
Africa? bust hominids across the world
2. When did modern 200,000 years ago
humans evolve?
3. modern Homo sapi- -small, flat face with portruding chin
en derived charac- -rounded skull
teristics: -cranial capacity of at least 1,350cc
-less robust post-cranial skeleton
-relatively long limbs and shorter trunks
4. why was the modern -relied more on elaborate tools and technological ad-
human less robust? vancements, less on body strength
5. how does mod- -much more complex and variable
ern human behavior -vast array of specialized tools and techniques to adapt
compare to that of to diverse environments
early hominins? -elaborate and varied symbolic, artistic, and religious
behavior
-due to large geographic range
-ability to accumulate and transmit over successive
generations
6. Middle Stone Age -The stone tool industries of sub-Saharan Africa and
(MSA) southern and eastern Asia that existed 250 to 40 kya.
-counterpart of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in
Europe
-varied, but flake tools were manufactured in all of them
-large social networks, Llong-distance exchange net-
works
7. MSA tools -blades: long, thin stone tools, Mode 4
-symmetrical, leaf-shaped points
-microliths: small stone flake, sharp edge on one side
and flat on the other, Mode 5
-atlatl: throws spears farther
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, UCLA ANTHRO 1 FINAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
-bone tools
-shelters and hearths
8. When did the Middle Later Pleistocene
Stone Age occur?
9. What was change -increased cognitive ability
in human behavior -cultural innovations, not genetic
caused by? -technological innovation
10. MSA transition technological innovation --> more efficient food acqui-
sition --> greater economic surplus --> more economic
specialization --> greater symbolic and ritual activity
11. Fossil Evidence for -earliest found in China, 120-80ka
movement out of -no other anatomical modern fossil outside Africa that
Africa date to before 63ka
- beginning 30ka, wealth of evidence for presence of
modern humans across Europe
12. Genetic Evidence 1) modern humans evolved in Africa btw 200-90ka
for movement out of 2) modern humans outside Africa are descended from
Africa one or more populations that left Africa btw 120-40ka
3) a small amount of interbreeding occurred btw mod-
ern humans and hominins already living in Eurasia
(Neanderthals and Denisovans)
13. What kind of DNA 1) DNA on Y chromosom
does not under- 2) mitochondria DNA from mom
go recombination, 3) short segments of DNA on ordinary chromosomes
thus allowing you to
trace it back to a sin-
gle individual?
14. What does the ac- -estimate time passed since the MRCA
cumulation of muta- -estimate past population size
tions allow us to dis-
cover?
15.15.
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