A) Neanderthal man
B) Peking man
C) Australopithecus
D) Cro - magnon man
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
Cro-magnon man (Homo sapiens fossil) was about 1.0 meters tall, well built body. It was omnivorous. Its cranial capacity was somewhat more than modern man, being about 1650 cc. They were somewhat more intelligent than man of today. The cranial capacity of modem man is 1450 cc. Fossils of Neanderthal were first obtained from Neander valley in Germany from the late Pleistocene epoch by C Furthirolt. Their cranial capacity was 130Q-1600 \[c{{m}^{3}}\]. Pie discovered the fossil of Peking man from the caves of Chaukoutein near Peking. They were about 1.55-1.60 meter tall slightlys shorter. Their cranial capacity was about 1075 cc. Raymond Dart discovered the fossil of Australopithecus from Pliocene rocks of Africa. It had human like teeth but it had more of ape brain than a human brain and their cranial capacity was about 500 cc.
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