The 'Out of Africa' hypothesis for the origin of modern humans is primarily supported by evidence from which field of study?
Comparative anatomy
Paleoclimatology
Molecular genetics (mtDNA and Y-chromosome analysis)
Linguistics
Related Questions
Australopithecus existed in
Pliocene
Miocene
Pleistocene
Both (1) and (2)
The closest living primate relative to humans is the:
Orangutan
Gorilla
Chimpanzee
Gibbon
The scientific name of Java man is
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo erectus
Australopithecus boisei
According to fossils discovered upto present time origin and evolution of man was started from which country?
France
Java
Africa
China
The primate, which existed 15 million years ago, among these was
Proconsul
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Gigantopithecus
Fossils of Homo erectus was found in
Java in 1891
India in 1921
Africa in 1927
Australia in 1945
The stage next to Homo habilis was
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Dryopithecus
Neanderthal man
Which of the following hominin characteristics is considered LEAST likely to be a direct adaptation to a savannah environment?
Bipedalism
Reduced body hair
Increased cranial capacity
Development of sweat glands
Which of the following statement is correct about Australopithecus
They were quadrupedal and had a larger brain size than humans.
They exhibited bipedalism but had a smaller brain size than humans.
They lived primarily in Europe and Asia.
They were not considered to be in the human lineage.
Anthropoids were evolved into
Apes, Proconsul and monkeys
Apes, cro-magnon man and old world monkeys
Proconsul, new world monkeys and peking man
New world monkeys, Proconsul and Homo habilis
