Which of the following changes for man in the course of evolution is probably useless?
loss of tail
development of opposable thumb
development of being erect
development of cranial capacity
Darwin judged the fitness of an individual by
ability to defend itself
strategy to obtain food
number of offsprings
dominance over other individuals
Which of the following variations are temporary and have nothing to do with the last or next generation?
Hereditary variations
Discontinuous variations
Environmental variations
None of these
Darwin was influenced by reading the theory of
Lyell
Malthus
Wallace
Herbert Spencer
First hominids are
Sivapithecus
Australopithecus
Pithecanthropus
Dryopithecus
The study of fossils is called
cytology
herpatology
palaeontology
organic evolution
Fossil of Ramapithecus were discovered by
Dubosis
Fuhlrott
G.E. Lewis
Raymond Dart
Dryopithecus is also known as
reptiles
amphibians
fossil ape
modern man
Which of the following defines Hardy - Weinberg law?
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
q2 + 2pq + p2 = 1
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 0
q2 + p2+ 2pq = 0
The closed ancestor of the modern man was
Neanderthal man
Homo habilus
Cro-Magnon man
