Arrange the following hominids in order of appearance from earliest to most recent, based on the NCERT account: I. Australopithecus, II. Homo habilis, III. Homo erectus, IV. Homo sapiens, V. Neanderthal man.
A{'text': 'Sequence I, III, II, V, IV (Erectus precedes Homo habilis)', 'label': 'A'}
B{'text': 'Sequence II, I, III, IV, V (Habilis precedes Australopithecus)', 'label': 'B'}
C{'text': 'Sequence I, II, III, IV, V (Sapiens precedes Neanderthal man)', 'label': 'C'}
D{'text': 'Sequence I, II, III, V, IV (Neanderthal precedes modern sapiens)', 'label': 'D'}
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. {'text': 'Sequence I, II, III, V, IV (Neanderthal precedes modern sapiens)', 'label': 'D'}
Australopithecines lived about 2 mya in East Africa; Homo habilis followed with brain 650 to 800 cc; Homo erectus about 1.5 mya with brain about 900 cc; then Neanderthal man (1400 cc, 1,00,000 to 40,000 years back); modern Homo sapiens arose during the ice age 75,000 to 10,000 years ago and persists today.
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