Which of the following statements about H. erectus fossils is NOT true?
A. They had a thicker skull bone and a very robust skeleton.
B. They indicate increasing hunting proficiency.
C. They are often found associated with Acheulean stone tools.
D. They have hyperrobust chewing muscles and broad, flat molars.
E. They show an increasing reliance on cultural adaptation.
Question 2
Which of the following statements about the appearance of H. habilis is true?
A. H. habilis evolved from Paranthropus boisei, the hyperrobust australopith.
B. H. habilis demonstrates the adaptive advantage of sedentism.
C. H. habilis was relatively small in stature compared to H. erectus.
D. H. habilis shows evidence of a shift from an arboreal to an open-grassland environment.
E. H. habilis represents a gradual shift away from predation to vegetarianism.
A true albino squirrel. Note the pink eyes.
Discovering Fossils 22-30
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The site of Dmanisi has produced some of the earliest H. erectus outside of Africa.
The skullcap from Trinil, Java is the type specimen for H. erectus and is about 900,000 years old.
In plant fossils, leaf margin is used to estimate mean annual temperature