Which statement about the species relationship between Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis is true?
A) Many paleoanthropologists make no distinction between the two species.
B) Homo habilis is an ancestor of Homo rudolfensis.
C) Some paleoanthropologists believe there are many more than these two species among the fossil remains.
D) Homo rudolfensis outcompeted the more primitive Homo habilis.
A) Many paleoanthropologists make no distinction between the two species.
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What question was particularly important to early American anthropologists?
A. When and where did food production first begin? B. How are the Neandertals related to us? C. How much beer do people in Arizona drink today? D. Where did Native Americans come from? E. Where do ideals of attractiveness come from?
Stories about how the world came to be are called cosmology
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A scientist who studies the fossil record of human evolution is a(n)
A. paleoanthropologist. B. treasure hunter. C. archaeologist. D. ethnologist. E. primatologist.
The primary difference between a village head and a "big man" is that
A. a big man can enforce his decisions. B. a big man has supporters in multiple villages. C. a village head is a band leader, while a big man is a tribal leader. D. a big man's high status is ascribed, while a village head's high status is achieved. E. village head is a permanent political office, while big man is a temporary position.