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					  I live on Islands and I am critically endangered. I can live as long as 12 years and will have 1 infant per year. I am 4 oz, and only eat live animal prey. What am I?					 
					
					 What is a Tarsier (Tarsiidae) 
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					  40% of my skeleton was found in pieces, I was declared an Australopithecus afarensis. From the looks of my skeleton, I died a full grown adult around 3-4 ft  tall, I swing from trees and walked on two feet. What is my name?					 
					
					 Who is Lucy 
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					  Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.					 
					
					 What is Ethnocentrism 
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					  This Epoch within the Cenozoic Era ranged from around 56 million years to 34 million years ago.					 
					
					 What is the Eocene Epoch. 
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					  This professor received their BA from Boston and PhD from Harvard. Focuses on human origin archaeology, lithic (stone tool) technology, and reconstructing human behavior.					 
					
					 Dr. John Shea 
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					  Wild animals are hunted by local people, frequently illegally, for food or to supply restaurants.					 
					
					 What is Bushmeat 
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					  Discovered in 1911, seven thousand feet above sea level in Peru, this ancient civilization was made up of more than 150 buildings.					 
					
					 What is Machu Picchu 
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					  The theory argues that material conditions, including technology, determine patterns of social organization, including religious principles					 
					
					 What is Cultural-Materialism 
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					  This Stone age rock shelter in spain is decorated with panels of abstract signs, and hand stensils, including the famous "Gallery of the Hands".					 
					
					 What is El Castillo Cave 
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					  This professor received their PhD from Stony Brook University. Interests focus on behavioral endocrinology and mating preferences. Observes geladas and Phayre leaf monkeys in their natural habitats.					 
					
					 Dr. Amy Lu 
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					  I like to live alone in tropical rainforests, I can live to be 40 years old in the wild, I have a gestation period of 8 years, and I share 97% of your DNA. What am I?					 
					
					 What is an Orangutan 
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					  This paleo-anthropologist had discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull. They also discovered a Robust zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge. As well as the Laetoli footprints which were more than 3.75 million years old. Who am I?					 
					
					 Who is Mary Leaky 
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					  The condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes					 
					
					 What is Culture Shock 
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					  This invention, created in Mesopotamia to assist with pottery development around 3500 BC, was given an alternative use 300 years later.					 
					
					 What is the Wheel 
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					  This professor received their Phd from Berkeley. They are a Zooarchaeologist whos research focuses on social and economic practices in early agricultural societies.					 
					
					 Dr. Katheryn Twiss 
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					  Period in which humans had domesticated plants and animals,					 
					
					 What is the Neolithic! 
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					  Two german tourists once discovered a perfectly preserved corpse of this murder victim in September of 1991.					 
					
					 Who is Otzi the Iceman 
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					  Shared ideas about how people should act - rules for acceptable behavior.					 
					
					 WHat are Cultural Norms 
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					  This omnivorous, peaceful, southern Conco River inhabitants are on the IUCN Red List, threatened by habitat destruction and hunting.					 
					
					 What is the Bonobo 
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					  This professor received their PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Research focuses on functional morphology and evolution of the primate locomotor skeleton.					 
					
					 Dr. Gabrielle Russo 
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					  I have a flared zygomatic arch, pronounced saggital crest, and very thick bone density. Inhabited South Africa from the Early and Middle Pleistocene.					 
					
					 What is Paranthropus/Australopithecus robustus! 
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					  An example of Sumerian architecture at its finest, this structure was the administrative center of this ancient city, in ancient Mesopotamia. A shrine of the moon god Nanna.					 
					
					 What is the Ziggurat of Ur 
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					  Looking at the whole picture - factoring in genetics, biological evolution, prehistoric development of culture, language technology, and the diversity of modern cultures.					 
					
					 What is Holistic Approach 
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					  These Mousterian tool users, inhabited Eurasia up until about 40,000 years ago.					 
					
					 What is Neanderthalensis 
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					  This professor received their PhD from the University of Oxford. Research focuses on oral literature, kinship, belief, and ritual, fieldwork is done in Southeast Asia.					 
					
					 Dr. David Hicks 
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