Anthropology Jeopardy

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Anthropology Jeopardy

• Lets start with some EASY, 50 pt. questions

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• Who is a true H. sapiens like us?
• Cro-Magnon,
• Neanderthal,
• Peking,
• Java
• CRO-MAGNON

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ETHIOPIA

• What country is the cradle of human origin?

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GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• What location is known for great humanoid fossil
  finds?

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MADAGASCAR

• Lemurs are prosimians and primarily confined to

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Contrast a human with an ape on features not
related to the head.

• Human ape
• Less fur, sweat glands
• Knock kneed straight leg
• Lumbar curve straight spine
• Spine below head spine behind head
• Longer legs, shorter arms
• NARROWER PELVIS

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BEFORE

• H. habilis came before or after H. erectus

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EUROPE

• On what continent are you likely to find
  Neanderthal fossils?

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• Now its time for some Medium difficulty
  questions worth 100 pts.

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• The two components necessary for the evolution of
  humans was.
• VARIATION IN THE POPULATION AND ENVIROMENTAL
  CHANGE

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Name three prosimians

• LORIS, AYE-AYE, LEMURE, TARSIERS

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Three main characteristics of primates

• OPPOSABLE THUMB,
• BINOCULAR VISION,
• COLOR VISION,
• UNSPECIALIZED TEETH,
• SHORT SNOUT

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Two main categories of monkeys, and
distinguishing feature

• NEW WORLD (PLATYRRHINE) AND
• OLD WORLD (CATARRHINE)
• PREHENSILE TAIL, MORE ARBOREAL VS. TERRESTRIAL

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Three contrasting features of a male and female
human pelvis

• MALE FEMALE
• Femur straight femur inward
• Narrow pelvis Broad pelvis
• Long _sacrum_ short _sacrum

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Three distinguishing cranial features for a human
and an ape.

• BROW RIDGE,
• SAGITTAL CREST,
• BRAIN CAPACITY,
• SNOUT LENGTH,
• JAW SIZE,

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Name four famous anthropologists,
(paleoanthropologist)

• Meave , Mary, Louis, Richard Leaky, Tim White,
  Alan Walker

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Now its time to really start thinking, not just
remembering information.

• Difficult Questions worth 150 pts. each

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What are the 2 possible fates of the Neanderthals?

• INTERBREED WITH H. SAPIENS OR WERE OUT COMPETED
  BY THEM

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Put the following specimens in the chronological
order

• H. erectus
• A. africanus
• A.afarensis
• H. habilis
• A. anamensis
• H. sapiens

• anamensis(1),
• A.afarensis(2),
• africanus(3),
• H. habilis (4),
• H. erectus(5),
• H. sapiens (6)

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Contrast a human with an ape on features not
related to the head.

• Human ape
• Less fur, sweat glands
• Knock kneed straight leg
• Lumbar curve straight spine
• Spine below head spine behind head
• Longer legs, shorter arms
• NARROWER PELVIS

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Final Jeopardy

• Answer this statement, If humans evolved from
  apes and chimps, why are there still apes and
  chimps?