Neandertal Crania Are

question 63

Multiple Choice

Neandertal crania are

• A)large, long, low, and bulging at the sides.
• B)absent of browridges.
• C)a rounded, smooth occipital area like that seen in modern humans.
• D)a vertical forehead like that seen in modern humans.
• E)small and flat.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

Change in the sensitivity of a receptor that usually makes the receptor less sensitive to its stimulus.

Proprioception

The sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.

Somatic Sensing

Somatic sensing involves the perception of bodily sensations, including touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception, integral to physical experiences.

Integration

Summing up of excitatory and inhibitory signals by a neuron or by some part of the brain.