Biological and Cultural Changes Enabled H

question 25

Multiple Choice

Biological and cultural changes enabled H.erectus to exploit a new adaptive strategy-gathering and hunting.This in turn was crucial for H.erectus to

• A) diminish the mortality rate due to violent encounters with large animals and other hominins.
• B) overcome its greatest challenge: an imperfect bipedal gait.
• C) beat out H. habilis in competition for key ecological niches.
• D) push the hominin range beyond Africa, into Asia and Europe.
• E) bring about the onset of complex language.

Understand the basic processes involved in memory: encoding, storing, and retrieving information.

Identify and describe the different types of memory: sensory, working (short-term), and long-term memory.

Recognize the duration and capacity of sensory memory.

Comprehend the role of encoding in transforming sensory input into meaningful information.

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