Home › Maharashtra SSC (Class 10) › Biology › Heredity and Evolution › The first record of a human-like animal is prese…
The first record of a human-like animal is preserved in the form of which ape from North India and East Africa?
ACro-Magnon
BRamapithecus
CNeanderthal
DAustralopithecus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Ramapithecus
1. As apes evolved, the first human-like animals stood erect and used their hands.
2. A fossil record exists of such an early human-like ape.
3. This first record is named Ramapithecus.
4. It has been found from North India and East Africa.
5. So the answer is Ramapithecus.
6. Trap (Cro-Magnon): Cro-Magnon man appears much later, about fifty thousand years ago.
7. Trap (Neanderthal): Neanderthal man is the first wise-man, far later than this stage.
8. Trap (Australopithecus): this South African ape evolved after Ramapithecus, not as the first record.
9. Hence Ramapithecus is the first human-like animal recorded.
_Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology Part 2, Ch 1 "Heredity and Evolution", p.18_
Related questions
Which is regarded as the first example of wise-man (Homo sapiens) in human evolution?The wise-man, whose brain was sufficiently evolved about fifty thousand years ago, is knowApart from genetic variation, which type of isolation is stated to lead to speciation?A species is defined as a group of organisms that can produce fertile individuals through:Which part of Lamarck's theory was rejected after repeated verification?Lamarck used the long neck of the giraffe to illustrate the inheritance of which kind of cLamarck's explanation that an organ becomes strong or weak according to how much it is useThe central idea preached by Darwin's theory of natural selection is the: