Question

Identify the primate using the following hints: He arose during the ice age, started agriculture 10, 000 years ago and his brain capacity is 1450cc.
A. Homo sapiens sapiens.
B. Homo sapiens fossilis.
C. Homo sapiens futuralis.
D. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.

Answer 1

Hint: The evolution of man started from Dryopithecus. Dryopithecus were ancestors of modern apes and men. The evolutionary journey to modern humans ends with the appearance of Homo sapiens (wise man), about five hundred thousand years ago.

Complete step by step answer: Neanderthal man or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis walked upright, had receding jaws, high domed head, low eyebrows and slightly prognathous face. Neanderthal man lived for about 100,000 years and became extinct around 30,000 years ago. They had a cranial capacity of about 1300 to 1600cc. The Neanderthal man was a skilled hunter as well as a true predator. They were cannibals and had religion. They used to bury dead bodies with tools and flowers. Homo sapiens fossilis or Cro-Magnon men had a well-built body. Their face was perfectly orthognathous with the broad and arched forehead, elevated eyebrows, the man-like dentition, well-developed chin and strong jaws. They could walk and run faster and lived in caves with their families. The cranial capacity of Cro-Magnon man was about 1650cc, and hence, it is believed that Cro-Magnon was more intelligent than the man of today. They were good cave painters. During the ice age between 75000-10000 years ago, modern Homo sapiens sapiens or modern men arose. Modern men have a cranial capacity of about 1400-1450cc. Homo sapiens sapiens cultivated crops and domesticated animals. Around 10,000 years back, agriculture started and human civilization began.
Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note: Various ages occurred during the development of modern men like Paleolithic - age of stones, bones and cave paintings; Mesolithic - age of animal husbandry, development of language, reading and writing; Neolithic- development of agriculture, manufacture of pottery and clothes.