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  • Question 1
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    Evolution of man took place in
    Solution
    Most of the fossils of human ancestors have been recovered from Africa. This points towards, 'African Origin of Man'.
  • Question 2
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    The recent ancestors of modern man were
    Solution
    Cro-Magnon is a name that has been used to describe the first early modern humans (early Homo sapiens). The Neanderthals are an extinct species of human in the genus Homo, possibly a subspecies of Homo sapiens. They are closely related to modern humans, differing in DNA by only 0.3%. Thus, the correct answer is option D.
  • Question 3
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    Early African man was discovered in 1948 by Leakey. It was
    Solution
    In 1948, Leakey reported skull of Proconsul africanus.
  • Question 4
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    The modern man evolved
    Solution
    Oldest hominid belongs to the genus Ardipithecus of family Australopithecine, which lived in Eastern Africa more than 5 mya.
    So, the correct answer is '5,00,000 years ago'


  • Question 5
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    In which of the following era man was originated?
    Solution
    Pliocene is the epoch of tertiary period of coenozoic era. Man was originated in this era.
  • Question 6
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    Humans belong to the family ?
    Solution
    The Hominidae (also known as great apes) form a taxonomic family of primates, including four genera:
    1) Chimpanzees
    2) Gorillas
    3) Humans
    4) Orangutans
    So, the correct answer is 'Hominidae'
  • Question 7
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    The first probable fossil of man was
  • Question 8
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    'Homo erectus' is the zoological name of
    Solution
    Peking man and Java man discovered in Asia are examples of Homo erectus. Homo erectus is the scientific name. Pithecanthropus erectus was the name given by the original discoverer, Eugene Dubois, in 1891. He later revised this to Homo erectus. Along with Pithecantropus erectus, other names given to early specimens of the species are Sinanthropus pekinensis (Peking man), Javanthropus soloensis and Meganthropus paleojavanicus. All of these were provisional allocations made before all of the specimens could be compared with each other, and are now obsolete. 
    So the correct answer is 'Pecking man".
  • Question 9
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    Which primitive man used stones to produce fire?
    Solution
    Homo erectus made tools made of stones and bones and made fire using primitive stone tools. Java ape man or Homo erectus erectus lived in caves and knew use of fire for hunting, defence and cooking. 
  • Question 10
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    Which of the following is the correct order of evolutionary history of man?
    Solution
    The correct order of the evolution of various species of man is Peking man (lived around 1.7 to 0.25 million years ago), Heidelberg man (lived around 1 million years ago), Neanderthal (lived around 30,000 to 100,000 years ago), Cro-magnon (lived around 20,000 to 50,000 years ago).
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