The recent ancestors of modem man were
Java Ape and Peking man
Peking man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Neanderthal man
Correct Answer :
D. Cromagnon man and Neanderthal man
Related Questions
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
The fossil formed from harder parts of the body infiltrated by minerals and turned into stony shapes is
moulds
coprolites
petrified
cast
Co-worker of Darwin was
Bateson
Mendel
Wallace
Lamarck
Role of isolation in evolution is
differentiation of species
maintenance of species
evolutionary divergence
extermination of species
Darwin proposed his theory of natural selection on the basis of
Mutation
Environmental factors
Lama's theory
Chromosomal aberrations
We use the term hybrid breakdown when the
offspring of hybrids are inviable or sterile
a hybrid zygote is formed but it fails to develop
hybrid adults fail to produce functional gametes
sperms and ova of different species of animals are unable to fuse
Peking man is known as
Homo sapiens
Pithecanthropus
Sinanthropus
None of these
In forming the theory of evolution by Natural Selection, Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by
environmental factors
mutations
malthu's ideas on population control
all of these
Which animals dominated in Paleozoic era ?
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
The diploid number of chromosome in Chimpanzee, Gorilla and Orangutan is
2n = 44
2n = 46
2n = 48
none of these
Pangenesis theory was given by
Charles Darwin
Lamarck
Wsismann
Becker
The age of a fossil may be determined most accurately
by comparing it to living similar forms
by radioactive dating
by rate of erosion of the strata
from the depth of strata at which it is found
Which of the following gases were absent in free form when life originated on earth?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Methane
Ammonia
Human beings living in different geographical areas and under different environmental conditions are kept under one species because
they show adaptive variations to their environment
they share the common karyotype
they can freely interbreed and share a common gene pool
their features are different yet they are similar essentially
Amphibians appeared and became dominant in the
Mesozoic era
Coenozoic era
Palaeozoic era
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 first mammal arose
after the extinction of dinosaurs
before the origin of dinosaurs
along with dinosaurs
from the dinosaurs
Fire was first used for protection and cooking by
Java man
Neanderthal man
Peking man
Cromagnon man
Which is not a vestigeal organ
Wisdom teeth
Fossa ovalis
Muscles of ear pinna
Ileum
The recent ancestors of modem man were
Java Ape and Peking man
Peking man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Neanderthal man
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is the statement relating to
morphology
physiology
taxonomy
embryology
The resemblance between the south American llama and the African camel indicates a common ancestry. This is
homological evidence for evolution
palaentological evidence for evolution
biogeographic evidence for evolution
none of these
Connecting link between nonchordata and chordata is
Peripatus
Archaeopteryx
Tachyglossus
Balanoglossus
Which were dominant during Mesozoic era
Pisces
Birds
Ruling mammals
Ruling reptiles
The idea of spontaneous generation is essentially correct in regard to
origin of life
evolution
mutations
embryology
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
Geological evidence of most primitive mammals is found in
Centred Africa
China
India
Australia
The book "Origin of Species" was written by Charles Darwin in
1859
1885
1883
1897
An example of analogy is
wings of a bird and butterfly
wings of pigeon and bat
limbs of horse and man
paddles of dolphin and fins of a fish