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Important Questions on Evolution

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Where were the bones of jaws and teeth of Ramapithecus found?
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Write the names of the following :

A 15 mya primate that was ape-like.

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Given below are sets of five terms each. Rewrite the terms in correct order in a logical sequence beginning with the first word that is underlined:

Australopithecus, Cro-Magnon Man, Homo erectus, Neanderthal Man, Homo sapiens.

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Give a brief account of the origin and evolution of man.
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Which fossil is considered as connecting link between ape and man?
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The brain capacities of Homo erectus were _____
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Given below are two stages in the evolution of man.

Study them and answer the questions that follow:

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(i) Identify Australopithecus and Neanderthal man from the above pictures.

(ii) Mention two characteristic features each for the two stages.

(iii) Who proposed the theory of ‘Natural Selection'?

(iv) Name the organism used as an example to explain ‘Industrial Melanism’.

(v) Give two examples of Vestigial organs in humans.

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Vermiform appendix in humans is a _____ form of evolution.
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Which is the correct sequence of ancestors in the path of primates evolution?
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The brain capacity of Homo erectus was
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Prepare a flow chart showing the evolution of modern man in the hierarchical order of their evolution using the details given below:

Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Dryopithecus, Australopithecines, Homo sapiens, Ramapithecus, Neanderthal man

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Match the hominids with their correct brain size:
  Column – I   Column – II
a  Homo habilis i  900 cc
b  Homo neanderthalensis ii 1350 cc
c  Homo erectus iii 650-800 cc
d  Homo sapiens iv 1400 cc

Select the correct option.
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Write two evidences of human evolution. 
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Which of the following human ancestor is more ‘ape’ like?
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Give two features of Homo erectus.
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Write the names of the following:

A 2 mya primate that lived in East African grasslands.

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A Hominid fossil discovered in Java in 1891, now extinct, having cranial capacity of about 900cc was:
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The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is