Question
Distinguish between Australopithecus and Neanderthal man
✓
Answer
| No. | Australopithecus | Neanderthal man |
| 1. | They are described as the connecting link between ape and man. | They are described as advanced prehistoric men. |
| 2. | Fossils were found in Taung, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Tanzania | Fossils of this advanced prehistoric man were collected by J.K. Fuhlrott (1856) from Neanderthal Valley, Germany. |
| 3. | They lived during the Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene epoch about 4-1.8mya. | They existed in the late Pleistocene epoch about 100000 to 400000 years ago. |
| 4. | They were around 4 feet in height, with large jaws, prognathous face, and lumbar curvature. Chin was however absent. | They had short prominent brow ridges, the skull bones were thick, the forehead was low and slanting, the jaw was deeper than that of a modern man with no chin. They had outwardly curved thigh bones |
| 5. | They had a cranial capacity of 450-600cc. | Its cranial capacity was 1400 cc. |
Need a full question paper?
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.
Explore more
Similar questions
What is meant by semi-conservative nature of DNA replication?
Hat is ovulation? What happens to the Graafian follicle after ovulation?
In the picture provided, what is the relationship between (1) and (2) with respect to population interaction and between (3) and (4) with respect to trophic levels.
For production of edible vaccines plants are used. Explain this any one example.
List two essential roles of ribosome during translation.
List any four ways by which GMO's have been useful for enhanced crop output.
Name the largest cell of the embryo sac.
Distinguish between human sperm and ovum.
Name the type of immunity a baby is born with. How is it different from the one he gets from the mother's milk after birth?
A person has inhaled air having particulate pollutants of size less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. What could be the impact of their pollutants on his respiratory system?