Which of the following feature is not of Ramapithecus?

(1) Hairy, walked like gorillas and chimpanzees

(2) Existed 15mya

(3) Ramapithecus was more man like

(4) After its extinction Dryopithecus came into picture.

Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 1 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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The man like primates walked in eastern Africa around 3-4 mya. This belief was supported by

(1) Hominid features of bones discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania.

(2) Hominid features of bones discovered in Whole Africa

(3) Hominid features of bones discovered in Peru.

(4) Hominid features of bones discovered in Australia

Subtopic:  Classification of Primates |
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Which of the following does not hold true for Australopithecus?

(1) Existed 2 mya

(2) Probably lived in East African grasslands

(3) They hunted with stone weapons

(4) Ate meat

Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 1 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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Which of the following features is not of Homo habilus

(1) First human like being

(2) 650-800cc brain capacity

(3) Did not eat fruit surely

(4) Hominid

Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 2 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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Fossil discovered in 1891 in Java around 1.5mya with 900cc brain capacity and probably ate meat. These features are associated with

(1) Homo erectus

(2) Homo habilus

(3) Neanderthal

(4) Australopithecus

Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 1 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 2 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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With brain size of 1400cc, lived in near east and central Asia in between 100000 to 40000 years back, dead body burial, use of caves or hides to protect their body

 

(1) Homo erectus

(2) Homo habilus

(3) Neanderthal

(4) Australopithecus

Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 1 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man: 2 | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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Which of the following is not true about Homo sapiens?

(1) Arose in 75000- 10000 years ago

(2) Cave art developed about 18000 years ago

(3) Agriculture came around 10000 years ago

(4) Modern man's skull resembles more with adult chimpanzee than baby chimpanzee.

Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens |
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The only evolutionary agent that produces adaptive evolutionary changes is :

(1) Nonrandom mating

(2) Mutation

(3) Genetic drift

(4) Natural selection

Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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 ............... operates to eliminate intermediate phenotypes.

(1) Directional selection

(2) Disruptive selection

(3) Stabilizing selection

(4) Random chance

Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
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The selecting agent in industrial melanism was:

(1) humans

(2) toxins from smoke

(3) birds

(4) tree bark

Subtopic:  Genetic Basis of Adaptation |
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