NEET2016ZoologyEvolutionActual
The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is
Options
- AAustralopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus
- BRamapithecus → Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus
- CRamapithecus → Homo habilis → Australopithecus → Homo erectus
- DAustralopithecus → Homo habilis → Ramapithecus → Homo erectus
Correct answer
B. Ramapithecus → Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus
Step-by-step solution
They are primates that exist about 15 million years ago. Evidence shows during 2 million years ago Australopithecus probably lived in East African grassland. Homo habilis considered as a first human being. Fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed subsequent stage referred to as Homo erectus about 1.5 million years ago with a brain capacity of 900 cc. The Neanderthal man lived between 1,00,00 to 40,000 years back with the brain size of 1400 cc lived in Europe, East, Central Asia, and North Africa. Cro-Magnon evol