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Questions

1. The bones of our skeleton are made up of 100% inorganic material. T/F

2. Explain the concept of "use it or lose it" as it applies to the human bones of the skeleton.

3. Explain why osteology (the study of bones) is important for physical anthropology.

4. List the epochs (Pliocene, Holocene, Eocene, Paleocene, Miocene, Pleistocene, Oligocene) in the correct chronological order from earliest to most recent.

5. The "ice age" commonly refers to the Pleistocene epoch. T/F

6. According to the law of superposition, deeper geological layers are older than layers near the surface. T/F

7. In a biped the foramen magnum is positioned more posteriorly at the base of the skull compared to a quadruped. T/F

8. Hominins are quadrupedal. T/F

9. Name two ways we might identify a biped from a fossilized skeleton (in other words, what would we be looking for?).

10. Name one feature to distinguish members of the genus Homo from earlier hominins.

11. Homo erectus is an important hominin in part because this species is the first to (which one): A. have any evidence of any sort of tools found in association with it. B. have moved out of Africa. C. display island dwarfism. D. use obligate bipedal locomotion

12. Name one of the hypotheses (models) that are proposed by anthropologists as to why Homo sapiens are the only remaining species in the genus Homo still around today, and provide a short explanation of this hypothesis (model).