Arrange the evolutionary human species in their occurrence from recent to the oldest order.
(A) Australopithecus
(B) Homo erectus
(C) Homo sapiens
(D) Neanderthal man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Homo sapiens — most recent. Modern humans arose in Africa and spread across continents between about 75,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(D) Neanderthal man — second. With a brain size of 1400 cc, Neanderthals lived 1,00,000–40,000 years ago in the Near East and Central Asia, and buried their dead.
(B) Homo erectus — third. It lived about 1.5 million years ago, with a large brain of around 900 cc, and probably ate meat.
(A) Australopithecus — oldest. Australopithecines lived about 2 million years ago in the East African grasslands and hunted with stone weapons.
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