NEETZoologyEvolution
Which primates were existing about 15 million years ago?
Options
- AHomo habilis and Homo erectus
- BDryopithecus and Ramapithecus
- CAustralopithecines and Homo sapiens
- DNeanderthals and Cro-Magnons
Correct answer
B. Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus
Step-by-step solution
About 15 mya, primates called Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus were existing. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees. Ramapithecus was more man-like while Dryopithecus was more ape-like. Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania. These revealed hominid features leading to the belief that about 3-4 mya, man-like primates walked in eastern Africa. They were probably not taller than 4 feet but walked up right. Two mya, Australopithecines probably lived in East African g