- Can you think of an alternate hypothesis to explain the increase in brain size over the past 2.5 million years?
- Discuss the major differences between australopiths and Homo erectus (bullet points are fine).
- Why is the almost complete skeleton from Nariokotome so important? What evidence does it provide?
- What are some of the limitations to the methods used by researchers to reconstruct the diet of Neandertals?
- Compare premodern humans to earlier species (Homo erectus).
- What is the popular conception of Neandertals? Do you agree with their representation?