Human Evolution

Q.

There are two opposing views about the origin of modern man According to one view Homo Erectus in Asia were the ancestors of modern man. A study of variation of DNA, however, suggested African origin of modern man. What kind of observation of DNA variation could suggest this?

1. Greater variation in Asia than in Africa

2. Similar variation in Africa and Asia

3. Variation only in Asia and no variation in Africa

4. Greater variation in Africa than in Asia

Q.

Reptiles with 10 pairs of cranial nerves:

1. crocodiles

2. lizards

3. turtles

4. snakes

Q.

What is the place in which human evolution is believed to have started?

Q.

How long did human evolution take?

Q. Human evolution is believed to have started in

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. America

Q. Assertion (A): A group of apes split into two smaller groups - one evolved into the modern gorillas, and the other into a chimpanzee - human ancestor.
Reason (R): Bipedal locomotion is advantageous because it frees forelimbs for more actions.

1. Both A and R are correct and R explains A
2. Both A and R are correct and R does not explain A
3. A is incorrect but R is correct
4. Both A and R are incorrect

Q. Which of the following statements are correct about the origin and evolution of man?

I. Agriculture began around 60, 000 years ago.
II. Dryopithecus existed 15 million years ago, walked on four limbs.
III. Homo habilis probably ate meat.
IV. Neanderthal men lived in Asia between 1, 00, 000 and 40, 000 years ago
V. Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Q. Opossum belongs to

1. Prototheria
2. Metatheria
3. Edentata
4. Pholidota

Q.

The chronological order of human evolution from early to recent is

1. Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Australopithecus → Homo erectus
2. Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Ramapithecus → Homo erectus
3. Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus
4. Ramapithecus → Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus

Q. What is conus arteriosus in amphibians?And how they are different from traneus arteriosus and Sinus venosus?

Q. The correct chronological order of the human ancestors from the earliest to the most recent is:

1. Australopithecines, Ramapithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus
2. Australopithecines, Homo habilis, Ramapithecus, Homo erectus
3. Ramapithecus, Homo habilis, Australopithecines, Homo erectus
4. Ramapithecus, Australopithecines, Homo habilis, Homo erectus

Q. Which among the following human ancestors was called the first human-like being?