NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 1998

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                The age of the fossil of Dryopithecus on the geological time scale is:                                           

    A)             \[75\times {{10}^{6}}\] years back               

    B)             \[25\times {{10}^{6}}\] years back

    C)              \[2.5\times {{10}^{6}}\] years back            

    D)              \[50\times {{10}^{6}}\] years back

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                          Dryopithecus lived about 20-25 million years ago. Dryopithecus had the combined characters of great apes, old world monkeys and man. The main structural characteristics of Dryopithecus are broaded jaws, large canines, semierect walking, 5 cusped molars and absence of brow ridges.


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