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Biology · 2025 · 2 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 7 · Set 1 · Q19
A few stages and their respective time period in the evolutionary history of human beings are mentioned in the flowchart given below: Based on the…
A few stages and their respective time period in the evolutionary history of human beings are mentioned in the flowchart given below :
Based on the above information, answer the following questions :
(a)
Name one primate about $\displaystyle 15$ mya.
(b)
Name one place where fossils of primates were discovered in Eastern Africa.
(c)
Name the ancestor that lived in the East African grasslands about $\displaystyle 2$ mya.
(d)
Name the hominid that was found around $\displaystyle 1$ ⋅ $\displaystyle 5$ mya.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
Dryopithecus / Ramapithecus
(b)
Tanzania/ Ethiopia
(c)
Australopithecines
(d)
Homo erectus
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