Select the correct match regarding adaptive radiation of Australian marsupials corresponding to placental mammals
1. Numbat-Flying Squirrel
2. Tasmanian Wolf - Bobcat
3. Marsupial mouse- Mole
4. Spotted Cuscus - Lemur
Name | Age | Character | |
1. | Dryopithecus | 15 mya | They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees |
2. | Australopithecus | 2 mya | They hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruit. |
3. | Homo erectus | 1.5 mya | Large brain around 900 cc, probably ate meat. |
4. | Neanderthal man | 100000-40,000 years back | brain size of 1400 cc lived in east African grassland. |
1. | Flippers of penguins and Dolphins | Analogous Organ |
2. | Koala and Bandicoot | Adaptive Radiation |
3. | Lemur and spotted cuscus | Convergent Evolution |
4. | Sweet potato and ptato | Divergent Evolution |