Nootan solutions for Biology [English] Class 12 ISC chapter 9 - Human Evolution [null edition]

Which of the following is not characteristic of apes?

Which of the following was not an anatomic change in the evolution of the Homo line from australopithecine ancestors to Homo erectus?

The first true hominids in the fossil record have been placed in the genus ______.

Which one of the following has the largest cranial capacity ranging from 1300-1750 cm³?

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

The possibility that the Neanderthals did not interbreed extensively with modern humans is supported by evidence that shows ______.

Homo erectus could have been the first to ______.

Which of the following characteristics is not consistent with the others?

The last common ancestor for apes and hominids ______.

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

Lucy is a member of which of the following species?

The son of Lucy lived ______.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Which one of the following is a true man?

The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is ______.

The two extinct species in the genus Homo are ______ and ______ One of these species, ______ now includes the fossils known as Java man and Peking man, which were originally placed in the genus Pithecanthropus.

The Cro-magnon people were ______.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The evolutionary history of primates dates back to early Palaeozoic era, about 300 million years ago.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The ancestors of modern anthropoids had reduced nose, stereoscopic vision, grasping hands and feet with nails on fingers and toes.

State whether the following statement is true or false.

The study of the interrelations of biological, cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of humankind is known as anthropology.

Name the most recent direct prehistoric ancestor of the present man (Homo sapiens sapiens).

What is the name given to the fossil hominid of Shivalik Hills in India?

Name the continent from where most of the fossils of the primitive man have been excavated.

Name that ancestor of modern man which possessed a cranial capacity nearly equal to that of today's man.

Name the prehistoric ancestor of the present man who is believed to have first made use of the fire for hunting, cooking and protection.

Which living ape is the closest primate relative of humans?

Which chromosomes in humans and chimpanzee show an identical banding pattern?

Starting with the oldest form rearrange the following genera/species in the sequence of their appearance on the earth:

Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Ramapithecus, Homo habilis, Australopithecus.

In which era of geological time scale, mammals dominated the scene?

Write the order in which Neanderthals, Homo habilis and Homo erectus appeared on earth. State the brain capacity of each one of them.

When did modern Homo sapiens appear on this planet?

Name the common ancestor of the great apes and man.

Write the names of different races of modern man.

Give any two distinctive features of Dryopithecus.

Name the ancestors of man based on the features given below:

More human with brain size 1400 cc, lived in central Asia, used hides and buried their dead.

Name the primates that lived about 15 million years ago. List their characteristic features.

Mention any three characteristics of Neanderthal man that lived in near east and central Asia.

Mention the brain capacity of Homo habilis.

Mention the brain capacity of Neanderthal man.

Where was the first man-like animals found?

By what latin name the first human-like being, the homonid was known?

Write the probable differences in eating habits of Homo habilis and Homo erectus.

Name the scientist who discovered the fossil of Cro-magnon man.

Write the name of the following:

A 15 mya primate that was ape-like.

Write the name of the following:

A 2 mya primate that lived in East African grasslands.

Rearrange the human activities mentioned below as per the order in which they developed after the modern Homo sapiens came into existence during ice age:

1. Human settlement
2. Prehistoric cave art
3. Agriculture

In which period and by which nearest ancestors did the evolution of modern man take place?

Enumerate two morphological characteristics of human limb associated with bipedalism.

Write down the scientific name of first primitive man.

Write the biological name of present man.

Name the common ancestor of apes and man.

Give four features in which human beings are considered more advanced than apes.

When and where did the oldest known fossil species of Homo appear? What is its scientific name? Mention any one feature in which this species showed improvement over Australopithecus.

Differentiate between cultural evolution and biological evolution.

Give one example of cultural evolution in humans.

Give one example of biological evolution in humans.

Why are the apes of the past regarded remote ancestors of man?

Comment upon two fossil apes which might have been representatives of the direct line of human evolution.

Give the characteristic features that suggest a close phylogenetic relationship between man and apes.

Trace the various components of human evolution in the light of the following characteristic:

Brain size and function

Trace the various components of human evolution in the light of the following characteristic:

skeletal structure

Trace the various components of human evolution in the light of the following characteristic:

dietary preference

Enumerate in tabular form some important features of Handy man, Java ape man, Neanderthal man and Cromagnon man.

Give reasons to show that Cro-magnon man is the direct ancestor of man of today.

Give two characteristic features of Cro-Magnon man.

What are the chromosomal similarities found in apes and man? What do such similarities indicate?

What are the characteristics that have developed in human beings during evolution?

Give any three characters that have developed during human evolution.

Write the characteristic features of a typical or Neanderthal man.

Give the characteristic features that suggest a close phylogenetic relationship between man and apes.

State three structural features by which Neanderthal man differed from Homo sapiens.

Differentiate between Apes and Man with respect to the following characteristics:

1. Posture
2. Cranium
3. Brow ridges
4. Locomotion

What is the difference between the teeth of apes and the teeth of man?

Give two characteristic features of the following:

Ramapithecus

Give two characteristic features of the following:

Cro-magnon man

Name the ancestors of man based on the features given below:

Human like, meat-eater with 900 cc brain, lived in Java.

Name the ancestors of man based on the features given below:

More human with brain size 1400 cc, lived in central Asia, used hides and buried their dead.

Name the ancestors of man based on the features given below:

Human like, vegetarian, with brain capacity between 650 cc and 800 cc

Name the ancestors of man based on the features given below:

Man like primate, that existed about 15 mya, fossils found in Tanzania.

Study the ladder of human evolution as given above and answer the following questions.

1. Where did Australopithecines evolve?
2. Write the scientific name of Java man.

State the main morphological changes that occurred in the ancestors of modern man.

Rearrange Ramapithecus, Australopithecus and Homo habilis is in the order of their evolution on the earth. Comment on their evolutionary characteristics.

Find out from newspapers and popular science articles any new fossil discoveries or controversies about evolution.

Try to trace the various components of human evolution (hint: brain size and function, skeletal structure, dietary preference, etc.)

Find out through internet and popular science articles whether animals other than man have self-consciousness.

Can we call human evolution as adaptive radiation?

In your opinion what advantages man got over other primates by having erect posture and large brain?