Question

Which is of the following is the correct order in evolutionary history of man?

• A. Peking man$\to$ Habilus man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man
• B. Peking man$\to$ Heidelberg man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man
• C. Peking man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Homo sapiens$\to$ Heidelberg man
• D. Peking man$\to$ Homo sapeins$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man

Answer 1

The correct option is B Peking man$\to$ Heidelberg man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man

• Peking man, extinct hominin of the species Homo erectus, known from fossils found at Zhoukoudian near Beijing. They lived between 750,000 and 200,000 years ago.
• Homo heidelbergensis is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans in the genus Homo, which radiated in the Middle Pleistocene from about 700,000 to 300,000 years ago.
  
• Neanderthals are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans in the genus Homo, who lived within Eurasia from circa 400,000 until 40,000 years ago.
  
• Cro-Magnons had powerful bodies, which were usually heavy and solid with strong muscles. Unlike Neanderthals, which had slanted foreheads, the Cro-Magnons had straight foreheads, like modern humans. They lived 400,000 to 37,000 years ago.
  
• Hence Peking man$\to$ Heidelberg man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man is the correct order in the evolutionary history of man.
• So, the correct answer is 'Peking man$\to$ Heidelberg man$\to$ Neanderthal man$\to$ Cro-Magnon man'.