Which one of the following is NOT a correct feature of Homo erectus?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → they used hides to protect their body and bury their dead.
Option (1) they had large brain around 900 cc. — A correct feature. NCERT says Homo erectus had a large brain around 900cc.
Option (2) their fossils were discovered in Java in 1891. — A correct feature. NCERT says the fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed Homo erectus.
Option (3) they used hides to protect their body and bury their dead. — Not a feature. Using hides and burying the dead belong to the Neanderthal man.
Option (4) they lived about 1.5 million years ago. — A correct feature. NCERT dates Homo erectus to about 1.5 mya (million years ago).
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.”
Origin and Evolution of Man – “… The Neanderthal man with a brain size of 1400cc lived in near east and central Asia between 1,00,000-40,000 years back. They used hides to protect their body and buried their dead.”