How many years ago, Homo sapiens originated?

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The correct option is A About 1 lakh years ago
Homo sapiens is the parent species to which modern man belongs. It evolved from Homo erectus in Africa. Homo sapiens developed from three subspecies- Neanderthal man, Cromagnon man and Modern man. The most primitive of these three, the Neanderthals, lived 30,000 to 100,000 years ago.

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