Origin and Evolution of Life — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYOrigin and Evolution of Life4 Marks
Question
Dryopithecus.
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Answer
Dryopithecus is also called Proconsul. Leakey discovered the fossils of Dryopithecus, on an island in Lake Victoria of Africa. Also the fossil was found in Haritalyanga in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
It was a group of apes that lived in Miocene epoch about 20 to 25 million years ago.’ Several species of Dryopithecus are available, the important among these is African fossil D. africanus.
Dryopithecus has a close similarity to chimpanzee and also walked like a modern chimpanzee.
The structure of its limbs and wrists show that knuckle walking was lesser in it. It used the flat of its hands like a monkey.
It had arms and legs of the same length and had a semi-erect posture.
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