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QUESTION 6

Evidence suggests that the earliest stone tools of early Homo were important for:

		protection from other hominid species
		the systematic hunting and killing of large animals (such as dinosaurs)
		the manufacturing of wood and bone tools that have since disappeared
		the butchering and dismembering of scavenged animal carcasses (animals that had been killed by other carnivores)
		none of the above

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QUESTION 7

The stone tool most associated with Homo erectus is the:

		hand axe (Acheulian)
		chopper (Oldowan)
		spear (Clocis)
		bifacially flaked arrow points

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QUESTION 8

Before humans became systematic hunters or hunter/gatherers, they may have been:

		carnivores (meat-eaters)
		scavengers of meat and gatherers of plants
		primitive horticulturists (growing plant foods)
		primitive herdsmen (domesticating animals for food)

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QUESTION 9

Evidence suggests that Homo erectus obtained food mainly through:

		domesticating animals (such as cows, pigs, and chickens)
		domestication of plants (from wild plants to harvested plants, such as corn)
		scavenging of dead animals and gathering of plants(just as Homo habilis had done), and perhaps the hunting of smaller animals
		primarily fishing in fresh water (streams and lakes)
		all of the above, each in a different location of the world

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QUESTION 10

Members of the genus Homo (particularly Homo erectus) were the first hominids to migrate
            out of Africa. According to the text, the most probable reason for their leaving was:

		their “reproductive success” (better adapted, they reproduced more, resulting in over-                         crowding in Africa, forcing some populations out)
		natural human curiosity about other places
		seeking more tropical climates (year-round growing seasons) for their plan-based diets
		they were out-competed by the australoithecines
		none of the above (just like the australopithecines, they never left Africa)

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Question 6 Answer- Earliest stone tools are used for-

the butchering and dismembring the scavanged animal carcasses

Explanation- the earliest stone tools were nearly 3.4 million years old and are called oldowan stone tools, such tools had a blunt end and a distal sharp edge and were used for dismembring carcses.

Question 7 Answer- Stone tools made by Homo erectus are-

Hand axes are found at Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia & are belived to be 1.37 to 1.7 million years ago.

Question 8 Answer- Bwfore humans were schematic hunters and gatheres they has been- Scavangers of meat and gatheres of plants.

Question 9 Answer- Evidences suggested that Homo erectus obtained food mainly through- Scavenging dead animals and gathering of plants, and perhaps the hunting of smaller animals.

Question 10 Answer- The reason behind migration of hominid species out of Africa is- Their "reproductive success"