Question 1

What did the widespread use of pottery lead to?

Accepted Answer

The widespread use of pottery led to the shortening of the skull and decrease in tooth size. This is because pottery allowed for the processing and cooking of food, which made it easier to chew and digest. As a result, human diets became softer and required less chewing which led to a decrease in tooth size and jaw size over time.

Question 2

Which of the following describes the "Fertile Crescent"?

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The "Fertile Crescent" refers to a region of grassland and woodlands in West Asia, stretching from the Nile River valley in Egypt to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). This area served as an important center of early agricultural development, where people first began to cultivate crops and domesticate animals.

Question 3

Discuss how morphologic changes to modern humans' faces,mandibles,and teeth changed after the shift to agriculture and consumption of softer foods.

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Question 4

Which of the following is the correct order in which plants were domesticated?

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According to archaeological and genetic studies, emmer wheat was among the first plants to be domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 years ago. Asian broomcorn millet was domesticated in northern China around 8,700 years ago, and African rice was domesticated in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. Therefore, the correct order is emmer wheat, Asian broomcorn millet, and African rice.

Question 5

How is climate change likely related to the agricultural revolution?

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Agriculture largely developed when the climate became more stable after the last Ice Age, providing conditions that were more favorable for growing crops and raising livestock. This stability in climate allowed for the consistent production of food, which was a key factor in the development of agricultural societies.

Question 6

What form of subsistence pattern is found in the Neolithic period? Name three geographic regions where Neolithic lifeways appeared independently.

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Question 7

Domestication of plants and animals led to stable food supplies during the Holocene;however,it also resulted in significant environmental and health problems.Discuss these problems in terms of natural selection.

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Question 8

Which of the following are New World domesticated plants?

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Sunflower, chenopod, and lima beans are all domesticated plants that originated in the New World. Yam, taro, and rice originated in Asia. Mung beans, millet, and sorghum originated in Africa. Rye, emmer wheat, and figs originated in the Old World.

Question 9

What two models discuss how innovations spread? By what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?

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Question 10

Discuss the evidence from the skeletons and teeth of early agriculturalists.Then describe the negative consequences of a shift from food foraging to the domestication of food in terms of pathologic evidence.

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Quiz 13: The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology