The "Frison Effect" explains the change in the shape of stone tools as a result of
a. different cultural groups occupying the same site at different times.
b. different mental templates of different flintknappers within the same cultural group.
c. tool resharpening.
d. differences in stone tool typologies.
e. whether they were from prehistoric sites
c
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Martin Pickford and Brigitte Senut have claimed Orrorin tugenensis to be a biped based on __________
a. a nearly complete pelvis b. tarsal and metatarsal fragments c. femoral fragments d. cranial fragments
Anthropologist Susan Kent notes a tendency to stereotype foragers, to treat them as all alike. They used to be stereotyped as isolated, primitive survivors of the Stone Age. Another common, more recent, stereotype of foragers sees them as
A. peaceful individuals in touch with their inner selves. B. culturally deprived people forced by states, colonialism, or world events into marginalized environments. C. ideal humans with the perfect diet and rhythm of life. D. not isolated at all but living in nation-states and in an interlinked world. E. primitive survivors not of the Stone Age but of the Bronze Age.
The Mousterian stone tool tradition:
a. is associated with both Neandertals and modern humans. b. was developed by Homo erectus. c. is found in Asia only. d. is found in Western Europe only. e. is associated with Neandertals only.
Which European power established the first colony in Oceania?
a. Britain b. France c. Portugal d. Spain