Please choose the best answer to the following questions.

1.			Ockham’s razor is also known as
			A)	Murphy’s law.
			B)	the law of gravity.
			C)	the law of parsimony.
			D)	None of the above.
2.			Applied to the interpretation of the human fossil record, Ockham’s razor would suggest that
			A)	we should begin by creating a tree of relationships among fossil species that has the most evolutionary lines allowed by the data.
			B)	we should not create new taxonomic categories unless the data support them.
			C)	we should suggest evolutionary relationships that include a species or other taxonomic unit that may someday be discovered.
			D)	All of the above.
3.			The first finds ever of H. erectus were made in _____ by the Dutch physician Eugene Dubois in 1891.
			A)	Java
			B)	Ethiopia
			C)	Israel
			D)	Kenya
4.			A sloping of the sides of the skull toward the top is known as
			A)	the sagittal keel.
			B)	the torus.
			C)	the postorbital constriction.
			D)	prognathism.
5.			The narrowing of the skull behind the eyes is known as
			A)	the sagittal keel.
			B)	the torus.
			C)	the postorbital constriction.
			D)	prognathism.
6.			Homo erectus lived during which epoch?
			A)	Jurassic
			B)	Cambrian
			C)	Cretaceous
			D)	Pleistocene
7.			Hand axes appeared in Africa about _____ and lasted for over a million years.
			A)	1 mya
			B)	1.4 mya
			C)	2 mya
			D)	2.4 mya
8.			Homo erectus was a very successful species. Their adaptations, focused on _____ allowed them to exploit a number of different environments.
			A)	learning
			B)	technology
			C)	cultural transmission of information
			D)	All of the above.
9.			Which skull characteristic makes up a modern human face?
			A)	A prognathous profile.
			B)	An elongated skull.
			C)	An essentially flat face.
			D)	Both B and C.
10.			The Neandertals were contemporaries of
			A)	Homo ergaster.
			B)	Homo erectus.
			C)	Homo sapiens.
			D)	Both B and C.
11.			Which of the following is associated only with modern Homo sapiens?
			A)	art
			B)	fire
			C)	spear points
			D)	All of the above.
12.			By around 20,000 ya, and probably earlier, humans had populated every landmass except for
			A)	North America.
			B)	South America.
			C)	Australia.
			D)	Antarctica.