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What are the features of Homo habilis?

Important Questions on Evolution

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An illustration related to human evolution is given. Analyse it and answer the following questions:

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Write the names of categories (i) and (ii).

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Identify the word pair relation and fill the blanks,

Monkeys : Cercopithecoidea : : Chimpanzee : _____ 

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An illustration related to human evolution is given. Analyse it and answer the following questions:

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Mention the two important characteristics of organisms belong to (2).

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Which is the correct sequence of ancestors in the path of primates evolution?
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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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Which fossil is considered as connecting link between ape and man?
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An illustration related to human evolution is given. Analyse it and answer the following questions:

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How does the comparative study of haemoglobin helped to identify the evolutionary relationship between man and chimpanzee ?

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Where were the bones of jaws and teeth of Ramapithecus found?
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The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is
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Write two evidences of human evolution. 
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Write the names of the following:

A 2 mya primate that lived in East African grasslands.

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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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Write the names of the following :

A 15 mya primate that was ape-like.

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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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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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The brain capacities of Homo erectus were _____
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Which of the following human ancestor is more ‘ape’ like?
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Vermiform appendix in humans is a _____ form of evolution.
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Give a brief account of the origin and evolution of 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.