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Question 25 Marks
How and where did the human species evolve?
Answer
  1. Apes are somewhat like humans in appearance
  2. They mostly lived on trees. Those species of apes which continued to live on trees retained their original ape like form.
  3. Some ape species found in grasslands were forced to move on the ground.
  4. These species evolved gradually, giving rise to the human species.
  5. This happened first on the ‘African continent’.
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Question 35 Marks
Explain the concept Evolution as stated by Charles Darwin.
Answer
  1. Charles Darwin explained ‘evolution’ in the following manner. In the process of survival by adapting to environmental changes, certain internal physical changes occur in some animals of a species.
  2. Over a period of time, these internal changes become inherited characteristics of the following generation.
  3. Thus a new evolved species with characteristics different from the original is created
  4. Sometimes the original species become extinct.
  5. Sometimes more than one species evolve from the original one.
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