Question: 100% NCERT covered from Particular Keyword.Explanations are 100% from NCERT | [Difficult level: Easy] From NCERT NEET Derived Question.
Which of the following had the smallest brain
capacity?
(a) Homo neanderthalensis
(b) Homo habilis
(c) Homo erectus
(d) Homo sapiens
(NEET 2015)
Answer:(b) Homo habilis
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MAN
๐About 15 mya, primates called Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus were
existing. They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees.
๐Ramapithecus was more man-like while Dryopithecus was more
ape-like.
๐Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia
and Tanzania
๐3-4 mya, man-like primates walked in eastern Africa.
They were probably not taller than 4 feet but walked up right.
๐Two mya,
Australopithecines probably lived in East African grasslands. Evidence
shows they hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruit.
๐First human-like being the hominid and was called Homo habilis.
The brain capacities were between 650-800cc. They probably did not eat
meat.
๐Fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed the next stage, i.e., Homo
erectus about 1.5 mya. Homo erectus had a large brain around 900cc.
๐Homo erectus probably ate meat.
๐The Neanderthal man with a brain size
of 1400cc lived in near east and central Asia between 1,00,000-40,000
years back. They used hides to protect their body and buried their dead.
๐Homo sapiens arose in Africa and moved across continents and developed
into distinct races. During ice age between 75,000-10,000 years ago
modern Homo sapiens arose.
๐Pre-historic cave art developed about
18,000 years ago. One such cave paintings by Pre-historic humans can
be seen at Bhimbetka rock shelter in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.
๐Agriculture came around 10,000 years back and human settlements
started.
๐The skull of baby chimpanzee is more like adult human skull
than adult chimpanzee skull
