Ancestor of man, who first time showed bipedal movement is
A
Cro-Magnon
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B
Australopithecus
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C
Java ape man
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D
Peking man
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Solution
The correct option is B Australopithecus Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived and best-known early human species paleoanthropologists have uncovered remains from more than 300 individuals. Found between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), this species survived for more than 900,000 years, which is over four times as long as our own species has been around. Fossils of this species plus the oldest documented bipedal footprint trails.