Question

Which statement is correct regarding human fossils?

• A. Fossils of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis were obtained recently from South Africa
• B. Cro-Magnon man developed from the Neanderthal man and gave rise to the Homo sapiens
• C. Fossils of Australopithecus were obtained from Australia
• D. Homo erectus erectus evolved before Homo habilis

Answer 1

The correct option is B Cro-Magnon man developed from the Neanderthal man and gave rise to the Homo sapiens

The features showed by Neanderthal man showed resemblance to the modern man and so were called as the subspecies of the Homo sapiens.

The DNA of the men differ from the modern man by 0.12%. The brain capacity of the Neanderthal man was higher than the modern man. However, the Cro-Magnon man developed from the Neanderthal man and gave rise to the Homo sapiens and so the Cro-Magnon man is the direct ancestor of the Homo sapiens.

Fossils of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis are obtained recently from Germany.

Fossils of Australopithecus are obtained from Ethiopia.

Homo erectus first shows up in the fossil record in East Africa about 1.9 million years ago, having evolved from Homo habilis or australopithecines. Homo erectus eventually spread throughout before evolving into Homo heidelbergensis, starting around 800 thousand years ago.