Check Your Understanding Questions
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To which genus and species do modern humans belong? What were some of the other human species and what happened to them?
2
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In what ways was language a useful tool for modern humans?
3
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What evidence supports the claim that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have mated?
4
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Why do most scholars now dismiss the idea that Paleolithic cave paintings were designed to be popularly admired by those groups that created them?
5
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How would scholars describe the religious traditions of hunter-gatherer peoples, and what evidence might they use?
6
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What types of tools might have helped ancient humans migrating into cold environments and why?
7
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What do you imagine would have happened if a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer community grew too large for the surrounding resources to support? Why?
8
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Why might some groups have decided not to adopt agriculture?
9
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How did the relationship between men and women change with the advent of agriculture?
10
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How did agriculture lead to the development of social hierarchies?