It's over!

[kenhung123]

Well if everyone found it hard then it should be marked up and we'll all be sweet

Freaken hell just coz its the last exam they boosted all the info in. Too many questions were too vague. "justify" "copy gene"
Anyway how can you find some evidence of homo habilis associated with technological evolution when there wasn't any technology then??

[Studyinghard]

BY THE WAY IS IT TRUE THAT IT IS OUR RANKING IN THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS,    NOT OUR ACTUAL SCORE ??  
if so i still have some hope... .  if others did worse (which is still unlikely)

But your score gives you your ranking in the state ._."

I think you're confusing this with SAC marks where only your ranking in your cohort matters; not your raw SAC marks.

i meant like:  if the whole state were to get 0/75 and i got  .5/75  thennnnnnnnnnn id be classified as getting 'full marks"   ?

Well yeh, study score is only a reflection of your ranking within the state. Everything in VCE is just to get rankings really. Marks are only there to give things proportions (i.e. 1/3 for each exam and SACs), so what you said is true I guess.

My god was i pressed for time in this exam,
examiners like 5mins to go, im like faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa only up to Q5 short Answer
So in 5mins i did 5,6 and half of 7.
Anyway i dont feel it was a hard exam, required alot of thought though. Just needed more time.

Does anyone know where i can find some soloutions?

Reading over the last 20 pages covers all the hard questions I guess. If someone posts up the exam, some full solutions might be on the way.

im sure there were some more stupid questions. like the cultural evolution to technology question. no idea.

what did u guys write abt homo habilis and what would have been found around him. i wrote tools ors omething like that.

[shinny]

Well if everyone found it hard then it should be marked up and we'll all be sweet

Freaken hell just coz its the last exam they boosted all the info in. Too many questions were too vague. "justify" "copy gene"
Anyway how can you find some evidence of homo habilis associated with technological evolution when there wasn't any technology then??

As the post below you says, tools and such are classified as 'technology'.

[Studyinghard]

Well if everyone found it hard then it should be marked up and we'll all be sweet

Freaken hell just coz its the last exam they boosted all the info in. Too many questions were too vague. "justify" "copy gene"
Anyway how can you find some evidence of homo habilis associated with technological evolution when there wasn't any technology then??

As the post below you says, tools and such are classified as 'technology'.

wohohooooooooooooooo what a guess. pity it was worth one mark only .

and then it said cultural evolution linkage to technological

would i be right in saying language helped to create more sophiscated tools and drawings?

[silva]

was postion of the foramen magnum a characteristic for distinguishing erectus and sapiens? i know erectus was also bipedal but it looked as if the FM in the diagrams was more central in sapiens than erectus?

[kenhung123]

Well I wrote paintings which required complex tools to produce. Is that still ok? Isn't that just evidence of cultural evolution why are they trying to confuse us......

[Studyinghard]

Yeah, Homo habilis was the first to make/use tools.

u wont believe it but thats the last thing i read from my notes before i walked into the examination room.

[kenhung123]

Well if everyone found it hard then it should be marked up and we'll all be sweet

Freaken hell just coz its the last exam they boosted all the info in. Too many questions were too vague. "justify" "copy gene"
Anyway how can you find some evidence of homo habilis associated with technological evolution when there wasn't any technology then??

As the post below you says, tools and such are classified as 'technology'.

wohohooooooooooooooo what a guess. pity it was worth one mark only .

and then it said cultural evolution linkage to technological

would i be right in saying language helped to create more sophiscated tools and drawings?

I said something like language can allow spread of ideas, knowledge quickly. I really didn't know what the hell the question was asking but thats all I can think of.

[qshyrn]

was postion of the foramen magnum a characteristic for distinguishing erectus and sapiens? i know erectus was also bipedal but it looked as if the FM in the diagrams was more central in sapiens than erectus?

Nah the Foramen magnum was in the same in both, sorry.

u couldnt really see it though

[Studyinghard]

was postion of the foramen magnum a characteristic for distinguishing erectus and sapiens? i know erectus was also bipedal but it looked as if the FM in the diagrams was more central in sapiens than erectus?

i was gonna mention that too. the homo sapiens one did look different but i thought that was like danger zone. i didnt wanna take a risk and lose one mark ..so i just used chin in the human and brain size.

[kenhung123]

Yeah, Homo habilis was the first to make/use tools.

u wont believe it but thats the last thing i read from my notes before i walked into the examination room.

Yea they are first to make but not use though coz older Homo's used basic tools but not carved tools etc

[simpak]

I also said finding tools at the Homo habilis site.

Isn't it seriously teaching?
My definition of cultural evolution was always the rapid transfer of KNOWLEDGE that leads to change in a population.
So, if you're transferring the knowledge of how to perform gene therapy (a form of technological evolution) , then isn't that okay?

[kenhung123]

was postion of the foramen magnum a characteristic for distinguishing erectus and sapiens? i know erectus was also bipedal but it looked as if the FM in the diagrams was more central in sapiens than erectus?

It was dodgy because they did 3 photos and each aiming for 1 particular characterstic the last was foramer magnum which depends if they accept it or is it a trick.
Nah the Foramen magnum was in the same in both, sorry.

u couldnt really see it though

[roberem]

soo what is everyones verdict on a score out of 75 we would have to get to get and A or an A+? last year you had to get a 57/75 to get an A+ it says on the VCAA web site.... would this be right? it seems like alot of marks to beable to lose...but im assuming todays exams we could have lost even more marks and still get an A+! whats everyones opinion...

[simpak]

was postion of the foramen magnum a characteristic for distinguishing erectus and sapiens? i know erectus was also bipedal but it looked as if the FM in the diagrams was more central in sapiens than erectus?

i was gonna mention that too. the homo sapiens one did look different but i thought that was like danger zone. i didnt wanna take a risk and lose one mark ..so i just used chin in the human and brain size.

They looked the same to me.
I used brain case and a more parabolic jaw in skull set 1.