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Essay Questions
Chapter 9: Archaic Homo sapiens and the Middle Paleolithic
- How has Ariane Burke’s research on the Neandertals changed our
perceptions about Neandertal land use and resource exploitation? How
do these new lines of evidence fit in to existing hypotheses?
- Define the "Eve hypothesis" and explain how it may affect
our understanding of human evolution. Explain the evidence for and against
the hypothesis.
- What is the significance of intentionally burying one's dead? Why
would anthropologists see this as important?
- Consider the Original Study, "African Origin or Ancient Population
Size Differences." What are some of the key issues discussed, and
how do they relate to our current understandings of the origin of modern
human populations?
- What are some of the theories concerning the fate of the Neandertal?
Based on what you have read in this chapter and elsewhere, what do you
think became of the Neandertals?
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