1. Fossil specimen UR 501 is significant because
a. it provides tentative evidence of late Miocene humans.2. Australopithecus ramidus was discovered and named by
b. it is the type specimen for Homo ergaster.
c. it is the oldest fossil of Homo rudolfensis.
d. it was the first fossil discovery of human remains in South Africa.
e. it is the oldest human remains outside of east Africa and South Africa.
a. Louis and Mary Leakey.3. The type specimen for Australopithecus afarensis is
b. Donald Johanson and Tim White.
c. Gen Suwa and Tim White.
d. Meave and Richard Leakey.
e. Raymond Dart.
a. AL 333.4. The best evidence for tool and meat use by the australopithecines is associated with what species?
b. AL 288-1.
c. LH 4.
d. OH 5.
e. KNM-WT 40000.
a. Australopithecus afarensis5. The time range for Paranthropus aethiopicus is
b. Kenyanthropus platyops
c. Australopithecus africanus
d. Australopithecus gahri
e. Paranthropus robustus
a. 1.8 to 1.1 mya6. True or False: Fossil specimen KNM-ER 15000 was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu at the site of Lake Turkana.
b. 2.5 to 2.6 mya
c. 2.7 to 2.3 mya
d. 2.2 to 1.3 mya
e. 4.0 to 2.5 mya
7. True or False: Cranial capacities of the australopithecines range from 410 to 530 cc.
8. True or False:
The type specimen for Paranthropus boiseiaethiopicus
is KNM-WT 17000, which was recovered from Lake Turkana,
Kenya
by Richard Leakey and Alan Walker.
9. True or False: The three types of australopithecines are provisional, gracile and robust.
10. True or False:
Because australopithecines lived in
caves
were eaten by predators near caves, we find their skeletal
remains
in many South African limestone caves.