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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Some of the marsupials of Australia resemble equivalent placental mammals that live in similar habitats on other continents. This is an example of:

1.Convergent evolution2.Divergent evolution
3.Saltatory evolution4.Adaptive radiation

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A population of an animal is hunted down to only 20 organisms. Later the number is restored to 10,000 organisms, but the variations in this population are highly reduced. This is called:

1. Founder Effect

2. Bottleneck effect

3. Edge effect

4. Heterosis

Subtopic:  Sources of Variation: 2 | Sources of Variation |
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What is the half life of U238, the radioactive isotope of uranium?

(1) 4500 years

(2) 4.5 million years

(3) 45 million years

(4) 4.6 billion years

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