Which among the following had the largest cranial capacity?

(1) Java man

(2) Taung child

(3) Neanderthal man

(4) Peking man

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Proper burial of dead bodies for the first time started in which pre-historic man’s period?
1. Peking man
2. Java man
3. Neanderthal man
4. Cro-magnon man

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Among the human ancestors the brain size was more than 1000 cc in:

1. Homo neanderthalensis

2. Homo erectus

3. Ramapithecus

4. Homo habilis

 

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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 is incorrect with respect to different hominids, their cranial capacities and characteristics?

Hominid Cranial 
capacity
Characteristics
1 Homo habilis 650-800 Herbivorous,
tool-maker
2 Homo erectus 900 cc Discovered
fire,
ate meat
3 Neanderthal 
man 
1400 cc Used hides
as clothing 
and had
burial customs
4 Australopithecus
africans
700 cc Bipedal,
used
stone tools 
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.  Ramapithecus                 More man like ape like

2.  Homo habilis                   First human like being, the hominid

3.  Homo erectus                 Probably did not eat meat

4.  Neanderthal                    Buried their dead

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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 extinct human who lives 100000 to 40000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating fore heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was

1. Homo habilis                           

2. Neanderthal human

3. Cro-magnon humans               

4. Ramapithecus

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Identify the correct statement:

1. Dryopithecus was more man like than Ramapithecus

2. Homo Habilis probably did not eat meat

3. Homo Erectus had a cranial capacity of around 800 cc

4. Agriculture came around 18000 years ago

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