Discuss the achievements of modern humans in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Modern humans created microliths and finely crafted stone tools.
2. They made relatively sophisticated tools, such as nets and baskets, out of organic materials.
3. Prolific rock paintings found in Europe, Australia, and elsewhere indicate a leap forward in symbolic thinking.
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Early bipedal hominins had inefficient locomotion and struggled to survive in their environments
a. True b. False
In the 1990s, researchers at the site of Gran Dolina in Spain identified a new hominin species:
A. Homo erectus B. Homo heidelbergensis C. Homo antecessor D. Homo floresiensis
Unilineal descent groups ____
a. endure over time and clearly define who is a member and who is not b. allow members to decide which descent groups they want to belong to; therefore, these groups change membership and size radically from generation to generation c. cannot clearly define who is or is not a member, but still manage to endure over time d. allow individuals to first identify themselves as individuals and then as members of the kinship group e. do not place emphasis on individual or corporate identity
Encouraging the educated upper classes to procreate was an example of __________
a. positive eugenics b. negative eugenics