How have paleoanthropologists been able to identify right-handedness, and thus the possible development of language, in ancient hominins?
a. Fossils that have more robust right arms
b. Endocasts that have larger right hemispheres
c. Patterns in flakes from the production of stone tools
d. Objects found in the right hands of hominin burials
Correct Answer: c
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a. 1.8 million b. 1.6 million c. 1 million d. 600,000
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a. began during the development of the "New Archaeology.". b. is limited to times of cloud cover or haze. c. is limited to photographs taken at very high elevations, since this is where resolution is greatest. d. lies in the fact that aerial photographs can show buried features even though they are indistinct from the ground. e. has been proven to be insignificant.
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A) Hawaiian B) Crow C) Iroquois D) Sudanese
In terms of behavioral ecology, primatologists seldom actually measure a primate's overall lifetime reproductive output. Discuss why this is so, and explain what primatologists measure instead and why.
What will be an ideal response?