The Leakey family made a significant find in 1959 with the discovery of Paranthropus boisei. Why was this discovery so important?
A) It proved that South Africa was the only African region to have early hominin fossils.
B) It put back the emergence of bipedalism by at least 2 million years.
C) It was the first bipedal hominin ever discovered.
D) It demonstrated that the early hominins were present in East Africa, not just South Africa.
D) It demonstrated that the early hominins were present in East Africa, not just South Africa.
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Before hominins made stone tools, they probably
a. used sticks or other perishable materials b. had weapons made of metal c. made tools from ivory d. used pottery e. took tools from other nonhuman primates
Which of the following is an example of a unilineal descent system?
A) Both the mother's and father's lines are equally used to determine descent and kinship. B) A system has no clear-cut descent group, but rather has a network of kin called kindred. C) A man and his children belong to the same descent group. Inheritance is passed from father to son. D) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her mother's descent group. E) A child chooses to affiliate with his or her father's descent group.
Anthropologist Rosita Worl has been associated with each of the following except:
a. Board of Directors at Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian b. President of the Sealaska Heritage Institute. c. founder of Alaska Native News. d. faculty at University of Alaska Southeast. e. author of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.