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Origin and Evolution of Life — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYOrigin and Evolution of Life4 Marks
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Homo erectus.
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Answer

  1. Homo erectus was also known as Java man or Peking Man due to his fossils obtained from these areas.
  2. He was also called ape man.
  3. He lived in the middle Pleistocene epoch about 1.5 million years ago.
  4. He was 5 feet in height with prognathous face, massive jaws, huge teeth and bony eye brow ridges.
    Chin was absent.
  5. He walked erect.
  6. The cranial capacity was 900 cc.
  7. He was omnivorous and probably used fire and ate meat.

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