ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MAN Flashcards
(21 cards)
About ____ mya, primates like Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus were existing
15
Both Dryo and Ramapithecus were ________ and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees
hairy
Ramapithecus was more ________ while Dryopithecus was more ________
man-like; ape-like
Fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in ________ and __________
Ethiopia, Tanzania
The man-like fossils revealed ________ features leading to the belief that about ________ mya, man-like primates walked in _______________
hominid, 3-4, Eastern Africa
About 3-4 mya , man-like primates were probably not taller than ____ feet but walked up right
4
____________ mya , Australopithecines probably lived in ________ grasslands
2, Eastern African
The man-like primates hunted with ________ but essentially ate _______
Stone weapons, fruits
1st human-like being the hominid and was called _________
Homo habilis
Brain capacitites of Homo habilis were between ______________
650-800 cc
Homo habilis ate meat
True/false
False
did not eat meat
Fossils discovered in ________ in 1891 revealed ____________ about 1.5 mya
Java, Homo erectus
2 chars. of Homo erectus
large brain about 900 c
Probably ate meat
The Neanderthal man with brain size ________ lived in ________ between 1 lakh to 40k years back
1400cc , east and central Asia
Neanderthal man used ________ to protect their body and ________ their dead
hides, buried
Homo sapiens arose in __________
Africa
During ice age between ________________ years ago modern Homo sapiens arose
75k - 10k
Pre-historic cave art developed about ____________ years ago
18k
Example of cave paintings in India
Bhimbetka rock shelter, Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh
Agriculture came around ________ years back and human settlements started
10k
The skull of baby/adult chimpanzee is more like adult human skull
Baby
