Detailed Environmental Reconstructions, Based on Fossil Animal Bones, of the Daka

question 43

Multiple Choice

Detailed environmental reconstructions, based on fossil animal bones, of the Daka Member of Ethiopia's Middle Awash deposits

• A) provide a detailed picture of the habitat in which australopithicines and Homo habilis coexisted about 2.5 mya.
• B) provide a detailed picture of the habitat in which Homo erectus lived about 1 mya.
• C) demonstrate that Asian Homo erectus lived in a rain forest.
• D) prove that in certain areas of Africa, there were no large mammals, only "microfauna" consisting of mice and similar creatures.

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Definitions:

Public Resources

Assets or services provided by the government or public entities, intended for communal use and benefit, such as parks, libraries, and public transportation.

Tragedy Commons

A situation where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil shared resources, despite understanding that degrading these resources is contrary to the group's long-term best interests.

Sustainable Consumption

The use of services and related products which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials, and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations.

Tragedy Commons

The Tragedy of the Commons is an economic theory suggesting that individuals acting in their own self-interest can deplete shared resources, leading to negative outcomes for the whole group.