Fossil Archaeopteryx was discovered and preserved as
a petrified specimen
a mineralised specimen
a mould
embedded in amber
Correct Answer :
C. a mould
Related Questions
The fossil formed from harder parts of the body infiltrated by minerals and turned into stony shapes is
moulds
coprolites
petrified
cast
Geological evidence of most primitive mammals is found in
Centred Africa
China
India
Australia
A connecting link between Annelids and Arthropods is
Peripatus
Palaemon
Limulus
Heteronereis
The first mammal arose
after the extinction of dinosaurs
before the origin of dinosaurs
along with dinosaurs
from the dinosaurs
Darwin proposed his theory of natural selection on the basis of
Mutation
Environmental factors
Lama's theory
Chromosomal aberrations
Which of the following gases were absent in free form when life originated on earth?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Methane
Ammonia
Which is not a vestigeal organ
Wisdom teeth
Fossa ovalis
Muscles of ear pinna
Ileum
Which is a vestigeal organ of python
Nose
Scales
Teeth
Hindlimbs
An animal is more likely to be preserved as a fossil if it contains large quantities of
cartilage and bone
proteins
inorganic materials
keratin materials
Along with reduction in the number of toes in the modern horse, the other most significant evolutionary change is
increase in the size of eyes
increase in the size of brain
straightening of back
change in dentition from browsing to grazing
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is the statement relating to
morphology
physiology
taxonomy
embryology
Fire was first used for protection and cooking by
Java man
Neanderthal man
Peking man
Cromagnon man
Role of isolation in evolution is
differentiation of species
maintenance of species
evolutionary divergence
extermination of species
Appearance of ancestral characters in the new born, such as tail, monstral face, gill slits, multiple mammale etc. are known as
homologous
analagous
ativistic
vestigeal
The idea of spontaneous generation is essentially correct in regard to
origin of life
evolution
mutations
embryology
Amphibians appeared and became dominant in the
Mesozoic era
Coenozoic era
Palaeozoic era
None of these
Co-worker of Darwin was
Bateson
Mendel
Wallace
Lamarck
Peking man is known as
Homo sapiens
Pithecanthropus
Sinanthropus
None of these
The first life on earth came in water and evidences indicate that life originated in one of the following eras :
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozic
Proterzoic
Which were dominant during Mesozoic era
Pisces
Birds
Ruling mammals
Ruling reptiles
The study of Galapagos Finches shows
adaptive radiation
adaptive convergence
use and disuse of organs
none of these
The epoch of human civilisation is
Pliocene
Holocene
Pleistocene
Palaeocene
Some of the important evidences of organic evolution are
occurrence of homologous and vestigeal organs
occurrence of analogous and vestigial organs
occurrence of homologous and analogous organs
occurrence of analogous oragans only
Species were regarded as unchangeable by
Lamarck
Morgan
Charles Darwin
Many biologists of 19th century
The diploid number of chromosome in Chimpanzee, Gorilla and Orangutan is
2n = 44
2n = 46
2n = 48
none of these
A fossil is a
laboratory preserved animal
dead animal of the past
organic relic of the past
stuffed animal
Survival due to geographic isolation is best exemplified by mammalian fauna of
Oriental region
Ethiopian region
Australian region
Palaearctic region
The earliest ancestor of horse from early Eocene period is
miobibbus
eohippus
merychippus
pliohippus
The first fossil man was
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Sinanthropus
Ginganlo pithecus
The book "Origin of Species" was written by Charles Darwin in
1859
1885
1883
1897