WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2012

  • question_answer
    Homo erectus evolved during

    A)  Oligocene        

    B)  Pliocene

    C)  Pleistocene       

    D)  Miocene

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Homo erectus (upright man or straight man) lived from the end of Pliocene epoch to the later Pleistocene about 1.3 to 1.8 million years ago. The species originated in Africa and spread as far as India, China and Java. It walked erect over long legs, height 1.5-1.79 mt, brain size (cranial capacity) \[775-1225\text{ }c{{m}^{3}},\]prognathus face with prominent brow ridges, no chinn, massive jaws and larger teeth. Use of tools made up of bones and stones, fire, acheulean hand axes and some primitive type of speech had developed.


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