Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2008

The highest cranial capacity is/was present in

A) Java man

B) peking man

C) handy man

D) modem man

Correct Answer: D

Solution :

Cranial capacity is the volume of cranium, which encloses brain.

Cranial Capacity	Example
900 cc	Java man (Homo erectus Erectus)
1100 cc	Peking man (Homo Erectus) pekinensis
700 cc	Handy man (Homo Habilis)
1400 cc	Modern man (Homo sapiens sapiens

So in these, modem man has highest cranial capacity.