Question

Assertion: Human evolution is part of the human history of growth and decline of civilizations

Reason: Prehistoric cave art developed about 10 mya.

• A. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
• B. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect
• D. Both the assertion and reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both the assertion and reason are incorrect

The evolution of humans is traced from the time of the last common ancestor of the apes and humans. This is believed to be represented by Dryopithecus, which lived about 15 mya. The human evolutionary history ends with the emergence of modern humans Homo sapiens sapiens from their immediate ancestors, the Cro-Magnon Man (Homo sapiens fossilis). This is believed to be between 75,0000 to 10,000 years back. The early beginnings of human settlements are indicated by evidences like cave paintings which began roughly between 40,000 and 14,000 years ago and agriculture which began about 10,000 years back.

The period from 10,000 years ago to the present day constitutes the human history of growth and decline of civilizations. Thus, the history of human civilizations is comparatively a small and recent part of human evolutionary history.

Thus, we conclude that both assertion and reason are incorrect.