Pithecanthropus erectus was found in Java in 1891 by __________
A. Louis and Mary Leakey
B. Richard Leakey
C. Eugene Dubois
D. W. C. Pei
Answer: C
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Why did anthropology pay little attention to women prior to the 1970s? All of the following are correct except:
a. Anthropologists assumed that men's activities were political and more important than women's activities, which were domestic. b. Many anthropologists assumed that men represented women as well and there was no need to study these as separate genders. c. The majority of practicing anthropologists was male and had little access to working with women in other societies. d. Anthropologists were all male and there were no women available to study other women. e. Men's roles were much more public and were more easily studied.
What is the significance of Kenyanthropus, a 3.5-million-year-old fossil that Maeve Leakey discovered in Kenya in 1999?
A. It puts an end to the debate between taxonomic "splitters" and "lumpers." B. It confirms that the development of big brains preceded the onset of bipedalism. C. It replaces Lucy (3.2 m.y.a.) as the earliest known hominin skeleton. D. It is the ancestor of Homo but not australopithecines. E. It suggests the possibility that at least two hominin lineages existed as far back as 3.5 million years ago.