Anthropology Trivia
Dive into quirky human rituals and ancient brain-drifts – show you're more than just a cave dweller!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, the scientific name 'Homo sapiens' is a Latin phrase that literally translates to what two-word term?
Wise man
Fossil evidence from sites like Jebel Irhoud and Omo Kibish indicates that Homo sapiens first evolved on which continent?
Africa
Celebrated annually in Cusco, Peru, the Inca tradition of 'Inti Raymi' translates from Quechua as the 'Festival of the' what?
Sun
Emerging between 4 and 6 million years ago, what is the specific term for the early hominid adaptation of walking upright on two legs?
Bipedalism
Discovered in 2003 on the island of Flores, what literary nickname was given to the extinct human species Homo floresiensis due to their small stature?
The Hobbit