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1. You come across a box of bones in the attic of the Anthropology building. You are asked to determine if the individual in the box was Bipedal. What are some diagnostic criteria that you might use judge if "the man in the box" was Bipedal? List AT LEAST 3.

2. Describe the Piltdown scandal? How was this significant to the development of the study of Human origins?

3. Explain the difference between relative and absolute dating methods and name an example of each one.

4. Describe the life of a Neanderthal. What did they look like, where did they live/in what climate, what did they eat, and what did their social/cultural structure look like?

5. Describe two possible reasons for the disappearance of the Neandertal.

6. Who was the tale of EBU GOGO about?

7. What is the significance of Shandihar 1?

8. Name and describe two Neandertal morphological adaptations associated with cold climate environments.

9. What are some main differences between gracile and robust austalopiths?

10. Name one of the explanations proposed for homo floresiensis' (the hobbit) size.

11. Define Taphonomy.

13. Explain "Man the hunter" Theory proposed by Dart to explain Australiopith culture. Why have many anthropologists abandoned it?