Biology PYQ 263 of 399 · Genetics & Evolution

Latest ancestor of modern human is

  1. AJava man
  2. BCro-Magnon man
  3. CNeanderthal man
  4. DPeking man

39th BPSC Prelims 1994

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Correct answer: (b) Cro-Magnon man

Explanation

Cro-Magnon man was an early form of modern human (Homo sapiens) and is the most recent of the four. Cro-Magnons made bone tools, sewed clothes from animal skins, lived in caves and left cave paintings.

Java man and Peking man (Homo erectus) and Neanderthal man are older, more distant relatives.

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