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Foundations of Anthropological History

Anthropology

A collection of factual questions regarding key dates, figures, and numerical data in the field of anthropology.

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10 Questions Medium Ages 5+ Aug 26, 2026

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1 In what year did Louis and Mary Leakey discover the skull of Zinjanthropus boisei (now Paranthropus boisei) at Olduvai Gorge?

A 1952
B 1959
C 1964
D 1970

2 The fossil specimen famously known as 'Lucy', classified as Australopithecus afarensis, was discovered in Ethiopia in which year?

A 1974
B 1978
C 1981
D 1969

3 Franz Boas, often cited as the father of American anthropology, published his influential work 'The Mind of Primitive Man' in what year?

A 1898
B 1905
C 1911
D 1922

4 How many primary subfields of anthropology are traditionally recognized in the North American academic model?

A Two
B Four
C Six
D Eight

5 Raymond Dart discovered the first Australopithecus africanus specimen, known as the Taung Child, in which year?

A 1912
B 1920
C 1924
D 1930

6 The 'Piltdown Man' hoax, which misled the scientific community for decades, was officially exposed as a fraud in what year?

A 1948
B 1953
C 1958
D 1961

7 Approximately how many years ago is the Upper Paleolithic Revolution, characterized by a significant increase in symbolic behavior and tool complexity, generally thought to have begun?

A 10,000
B 50,000
C 100,000
D 250,000

8 Bronisław Malinowski conducted his seminal fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands during which period?

A 1914–1918
B 1920–1924
C 1930–1934
D 1905–1909

9 The 'Great Chain of Being' concept, which influenced early anthropological thought regarding human hierarchy, dates back to the philosophy of which ancient thinker?

A Plato
B Socrates
C Aristotle
D Epicurus

10 Homo habilis was first described and named as a new species by Louis Leakey, Phillip Tobias, and John Napier in what year?

A 1955
B 1960
C 1964
D 1968

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