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Evolution of Mankind · Maharashtra Board STD 5 (MSBSHSE - English Medium). 11 questions.

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Question 13 Marks
The name Homo sapiens sapiens reflects his intellectual and cultural rather than his physical prowess – Explain.
Answer
  1. Modern humans are not satisfied with only meeting their basic need for food.
  2. To enrich their life, human beings acquired a culture and continued to develop it.
  3. The technological and cultural progress achieved by modern humans has been extremely rapid.
  4. Hence, we can rightly say that the life of the Homo sapiens sapiens reflects his intellectual and cultural progress rather than his physical prowess.
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Question 23 Marks
Describe the development of the Homo sapiens.
Answer
  1. Homo sapiens sapiens developed the technique of cultivating land and keeping animals.
  2. With his well-developed capacity to think, the speed at which he improved his technology went on increasing
  3. He lived a more settled life.
  4. He began to grow food grains in the fields.
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Question 33 Marks
Why was the Homo sapien called “The Thinking Man’?
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  1. The tools made by Homo sapien were sharper and more precise than the other species.
  2. He had a well-developed language system.
  3. He could draw pictures on the basis of observation as well as imagination.
  4. Hence, he was called as The Thinking Man’.
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Question 43 Marks
Describe the tools made by Homo sapiens.
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i. Homo sapiens made different kinds of tools and implements to suit the tasks they needed to do.
ii. They made sharp blades of stone and fixed them in grooves and notches made in wood or bone handles.
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Question 53 Marks
How did the Neanderthals treat their dead?
Answer
  1. When a member of the group died, the Neanderthals buried tools, horns etc. along with the dead body.
  2. They applied red ochre to the dead body before burying it.
  3. The Neanderthals thus established some rituals of burying the dead.
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Question 63 Marks
How did the Neanderthal Man make fire?
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i. The Neanderthals knew the technique of making fire.
ii. They rubbed sticks of hard wood on each other or by striking one flintstone on another to obtain sparks.
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Question 73 Marks
Compare the Neanderthal Man to his predecessors.
Answer
  1. The Neanderthal Man was physically big and strong.
  2. His brain was more developed.
  3. He made tools out of big pebbles. The tools were fixed on a bone or a wooden shaft to make weapons like the spear, axe etc.
  4. He hunted big animals, ate their meat and used their leather as clothing.
  5. He knew the art of making fire.
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Question 83 Marks
Homo erectus knew the use of fire – Explain.
Answer
  1. During the time of Homo erectus, the Earth was covered with icesheets, hence the climate was extremely cold.
  2. Homo erectus could survive that extreme climate because he had learnt to use fire.
  3. However, he had not yet mastered the technique of making fire.
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Question 93 Marks
Give the two uses of the stone tools made by Homo habilis.
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  1. The stone tools made by Homo habilis were not useful for hunting big animals.
  2. They had limited uses such as scraping meat from the skin of dead animals.
  3. They were also used for breaking bones to get the marrow.
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Question 103 Marks
Describe Homo habilis.
Answer
  1. Homo habilis could stand on two feet and walk.
  2. His spine was slightly bent and was not quite erect.
  3. His brain was bigger than the apes although – he looked somewhat similar.
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Question 113 Marks
Why was the first human species named Homo habilis?
Answer
  1. The scientist Louis Leakey who discovered this first human species named it ‘Homo habilis’.
  2. He found some tools made by them beside their fossilized remains.
  3. In Latin ‘Homo habilis’ means the man who can use his hands skillfully.
  4. Thus, the first human species got their name.
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