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What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors? 

  • shortening of jaws

  • Binocular vision

  • Increasing brain capacity 

  • Increasing brain capacity 


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Increasing brain capacity 

The first human- like being was the hominid, called Homo habilis. The brain capacities were between 650 - 800 cc. They probably did not eat meat. Fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed the next stage, i.e, Homo erectus. Homo erectus had a large brain and probably ate meat. The Neanderthal man with a brain size of 1400 cc lived in near east and central Asia between 1,00,000-40,000 year back. They used hides to protect their body and buried their dead. Homo sapiens arose in Africa and moved across continents and developed into distinct races. During ice age between 75,000 - 10,000 years back modern HOmo sapiens arose

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Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?

  • Homo erectus

  • Homo sapiens

  • Homo neanderthalensis

  • Homo neanderthalensis


A population will not exist in Handy - Weinberg equilibrium if

  • individuals mate selectively

  • there are no mutations

  • there is no migration

  • there is no migration


Which one of the following are analogous structures?

  • Wings of bat and wings of pigeon

  • Gills of prawn and lungs of man

  • Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita

  • Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita


Darwin's finches are a good example of 

  • industrial melanism

  • connecting link

  • adaptive radiation

  • adaptive radiation


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