Question

The Lucy fossil belongs to which one of the following ancestors of humans?

• A. Homo habilis
• B. Ramapithecus
• C. Homo neanderthalensis
• D. Australopithecines

Answer 1

The correct option is D Australopithecines

Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family.

Ramapithecus, Australopithecines, Homo habilis and Homo neanderthalensis are some of the human ancestors.

Ramapithecus was a man-like primate whose fossils were found in Shivalik hills of India. They lived about 15 million years ago.

An almost complete skeleton of a female human ancestor was found in Ethiopia. It was named Lucy. It belonged to Australopithecines species. The fossil study of this skeleton proved that Australopithecines were capable of walking upright.

Homo habilis was the first human-like being which existed about 2 million years ago. They are also known as handy man.

Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis) lived in near east and central Asia between 1,00,000-40,000 years ago. They had a cranial capacity of about 1400cc.