Identify the correct sequence of the given species during human evolution in chronological order.
(A) Neanderthal man
(B) Homo erectus
(C) Homo habilis
(D) Homo sapiens
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (B), (A), (D)
(C) Homo habilis — first. It lived about 2 million years ago and was probably the first human-like being. Its brain was about 650-800 cc, and it probably did not eat meat.
(B) Homo erectus — second. Fossils about 1.5 million years old show it had a larger brain, about 900 cc, and probably ate meat.
(A) Neanderthal man — third. It lived about 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its brain was about 1400 cc, and it buried its dead.
(D) Homo sapiens — last. Modern man arose in Africa and moved across the continents. It is the latest of the four.
NCERT Extract:
Origin and Evolution of Man – “… Some of the bones among the bones discovered were different. This creature was called the first human-like being the hominid and was called Homo habilis. The brain capacities were between 650-800cc. They probably did not eat meat. Fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed the next stage, i.e., Homo erectus about 1.5 mya. Homo erectus had a large brain around 900cc. Homo erectus probably ate meat. The Neanderthal man with a brain size of 1400cc lived in near east and central Asia between 1,00,000-40,000 years back.”