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Right ANSWER is (d) Chinaloid

The best I can explain: Human races were classified into four. They are mainly: Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, and Australoid. Each RACE REPRESENTED each GROUP of people that belong to certain REGIONS of the world.

Right choice is (a) Gibbon

The best I can explain: Hylobates hoolock also known as Gibbon is the only APE found in INDIA. It as found in the forests of Assam. The gibbon BELONGED to the family HYALOBATIDEAE. They mostly lived on trees and fed on leaves.

The CORRECT ANSWER is (b) Tomb like HEAD

Easy explanation: “Man of future” is expected to have a TALL and hairless body. They had tomb-like head and a larger brain. They had no fifth finger.

Correct option is (c) Homo sapiens futuralis

The EXPLANATION is: There was another SPECIES named as Homo sapiens futuralis. They were known as “Man of future”. The name was GIVEN by DR. SHAPIRO.

Right choice is (b) Iron age

To explain I WOULD say: The present age is KNOWN as the Iron age. It also belongs to Neolithic classification. It is the time when human CIVILIZATION WENT vast and advanced.

Correct option is (d) Age of sleeping

To explain I WOULD say: Bronze age is the age of AGRICULTURE, KNOWLEDGE, and use of clothes. It does not INCLUDE the age of sleeping. Bronze age belongs to Neolithic classification.

The correct answer is (b) Palaeolithic

Explanation: Palaeolithic is KNOWN as the age of tools of stones and bones. MESOZOIC and azoic belongs to era of geological time scale. Mesolithic is the age of animal HUSBANDRY, language, reading, and writing.

The correct answer is (a) True

The explanation is: It is true that modern MAN evolved in Africa. Later its members migrated to eastwards, westwards and southwards. Modern man ORIGINATED and evolved ten thousand YEARS ago.

Correct ANSWER is (a) True

Best explanation: CROMAGNON man had MAXIMUM cranial capacity about 1650 whereas Modern man had only 1300-1600 c.c. This shows that the cranial capacity reduced after the EVOLUTION of Cromagnon man. The size of the skull also reduced to a more humanoid one.

Right ANSWER is (b) False

Best EXPLANATION: It is a wrong statement as prehistoric cave art developed about 18,000 YEARS ago. It was one of the SPECIAL FEATURES of the Cromagnon man. They painted beautiful paintings on cave walls.

The correct answer is (a) 1300-1600

The EXPLANATION: The cranial capacity of Modern man is the same as that of Neanderthal man i.e. 1300-1600 c.c. They had a fully DEVELOPED BRAIN. Heidelberg man had a cranial capacity of only 1300 c.c. WHEREAS Peking man had ranged from 850-1300 c.c.

The CORRECT option is (d) Cromagnon man

The best I can EXPLAIN: Homo sapiens fossilis ALSO known as Cromagnon man started the domestication of animals. This man was a hunter and used domesticated DOGS in hunting. Also, they used to wear cloth of animal skin. By nature, they were CARNIVOROUS.

Correct choice is (b) homo sapiens fossilis

The best EXPLANATION: The scientific name of Cromagnon man is Homo sapiens fossilis. They EVOLVED around 50,000 to 10,000 years ago and discovered from Cromagnon rocks. They were the DIRECT ANCESTOR of modern man.

Right answer is (c) They wore clothes of animal skin

Explanation: They LIVED in huts. They had a cranial CAPACITY of 1300-1600 c.c. and a less DEVELOPED CHIN. They had a complete erect posture. Also, they had a semicircular jaw and was orthognathous.

The correct option is (a) Neanderthal man

The explanation is: The ceremonial BURIAL of the dead BODY was started by Neanderthal man. The dead body was buried ALONG with flowers and tools. They were the first ONES believe in the immortality of the soul.

Correct choice is (a) CROMAGNON man

Explanation: Cromagnon man is KNOWN as the direct ancestor of modern man. Their scientific name is HOMO sapiens fossilis. Fossils were discovered by Mac Gregor from Cromagnon ROCKS of France.

The correct CHOICE is (a) OTTOSCHOTENSACK

Easy EXPLANATION: The FOSSIL was discovered by Ottoschotensack. He FOUND a fossil of the lower jaw from Heidelberg in Germany. They evolved during the Pleistocene epoch.

Correct OPTION is (d) Peking man

The BEST EXPLANATION: Peking man belongs to HOMO erectus and not Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens consist of Neanderthal man, Cromagnon man, and Modern man. Modern man REFERS to Homo sapiens sapiens.

Right answer is (a) True

For explanation: Peking man used SHARP chisel-shaped tools of STONES and bones for cutting and killing animals. They ALSO used fire for cooking MEAT and for protection. They were omnivorous. Cannibalism was also found.

The CORRECT choice is (b) W.C. PEI

To explain I would SAY: W.C. Pei discovered the fossil of Peking man from China whereas Eugene Dubois found the fossil of Java man. Dr. Leakey discovered the fossil of Homo HABILIS. Mayer gave the scientific NAME for Peking man.

Right option is (a) HOMO erectus pekinensis

Easiest explanation: The SCIENTIFIC name of Peking man is Homo erectus pekinensis. It was GIVEN by scientist Mayer. It ALSO had another name called Sinanthropus erectus given by Davidson Black.

Right answer is (B) ORIGIN and evolution were 1.5-2 million years ago

For explanation I would say: CRANIAL capacity was 800-1000 c.c. Chin was present and the jaw was prognathous. It was also KNOWN as an erect ape-man because of complete erect posture.

Right answer is (d) Cromagnon man

The BEST I can EXPLAIN: Homo erectus was classified into Java man, Peking man and Heidelberg man. Cromagnon man BELONGS to Homo sapiens and not Homo erectus. Homo erectus were found 1.5 million YEARS ago during the Mid-Pleistocene.

Correct answer is (a) HOMO erectus

To EXPLAIN I would SAY: Homo erectus were known as the DIRECT ANCESTORS of humans. It had many similarities to modern man. Their face, skull structure, and posture were the same.

Correct answer is (d) The DENTAL formula was different from man

To EXPLAIN: Homo habilis had the same dental formula of man. They had dental formula 2123/2123. The other options are the CHARACTERS of Homo habilis.

Right OPTION is (C) 650-800

The BEST I can explain: They had a cranial capacity of 650-800 c.c. They were the first human being like and had COMPLETE erect POSTURE similar to them. They had the knowledge to create tools of stones to hunt.

Correct CHOICE is (a) tool MAKER

For explanation: Homo habilis was also known as tool maker or handy MAN. It was the first man who made TOOLS of stones for HUNTING animals. They lived in caves.

The correct answer is (a) first APE man

Best explanation: AUSTRALOPITHECUS was known as the first ape-man. They had both man and ape-like characters. They had the same dental formula and had a thick growth of HAIR on the body.

Right answer is (b) Shivalik hills

The explanation is: Ramapithecus and SHIVAPITHECUS were discovered from Shivalik hills in India. They were discovered by LEWIS. These species spent most of the time on land. They ORIGINATED in PLIOCENE EPOCH.

Right ANSWER is (c) Prof. RAYMOND dart

Best explanation: Professor Raymond dart discovered a fossil SKULL of a 5-6-year-old baby from the old PLIOCENE rocks. It was located in the Tuang region in South Africa. He first named it Tuang baby and he RENAMED it, A. Africanus.

The CORRECT answer is (b) False

The EXPLANATION is: It was the opposite. Ramapithecus was more MAN-like whereas Dryopithecus was more ape-like. Ramapithecus was the earliest hominid FOSSIL showed CHARACTERS of man whereas Dryopithecus was the earliest fossil ape showed the characters of an ape.

The CORRECT option is (d) MEAT eater

Easiest explanation: They were not meat eaters whereas they were vegetarian by nature. They only ate fruits. The REMAINING options are true characters of Dryopithecus.

Right option is (b) Agyptopithecus

The best explanation: ORIGIN and evolution of Agyptopithecus occurred in late OLIGOCENE and Miocene epoch, so-called as Miocene APES. They were fossils that remained in Miocene rocks. They evolved after Propliopithecus.

The correct option is (a) OLIGOCENE

To explain I would say: ORIGIN and EVOLUTION of Propliopithecus were in an Oligocene epoch so-called as Oligocene apes. They originated about 30-35 million years AGO. Origin of man started from Propliopithecus and diverged to many other SPECIES.

The CORRECT answer is (b) Anthropogenesis

To elaborate: HUMAN evolution or anthropogenesis is part of biological evolution which studies the emergence of Homo SAPIENS sapiens. They were the DISTINCT species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.

Correct choice is (b) U

To explain: Apes had a U-shaped JAW. They had a narrow FLAT NOSE with the downward direction of the nostril. Whereas, elephant and tree shrews had V-shaped jaw.

Correct answer is (B) 650

The best explanation: APES have a LESS cranial capacity of only 650 c.c. whereas humans have a more cranial capacity of about 1300- 1600 c.c. Humans DEVELOPED HIGHER cranial capacity and had advanced brain than apes.

The correct answer is (a) 3 and 6

To explain: Banding pattern on chromosome NUMBER 3 and 6 of human and chimpanzee is 100% similar. Since DNA CONTENT and matching is ALMOST 99% with the chimpanzee. This shows that humans EVOLVED from chimpanzees.

The correct answer is (c) Smaller head, less cranial capacity

To ELABORATE: Smaller head, less cranial capacity is not a similarity between man and APES. ACTUALLY, they had a larger head and more cranial capacity. The remaining OPTIONS share similarities between man and apes.

Right answer is (b) Hyalobatideae

The explanation is: Gibbon belongs to the family Hyalobatideae who has a cranial capacity of 100 c.c. Whereas, CHIMPANZEE, GORILLA, and ORANGUTAN BELONG to the family Pongideae. Their cranial capacity varied from 400-500 c.c.

Right CHOICE is (d) Sinanthropus

The EXPLANATION: Based on organic evolution, Sinanthropus is closely related to man. It was the former genus name given to some HOMINIDS, which were found in CHINA in 1926. It was the OLD Peking man.

Right answer is (d) Chimpanzee

The best I can explain: Chimpanzee is closely RELATED to man. DNA content and DNA MATCHING are the same in both. This similarity is more than 99% with chimpanzee WHEREAS 94% with a gibbon.