Name given to the fossil hominid of Shivalik Hills in India is
Sinanthropus
Ramapithecus
Australopithecus
Pithecanthropus
The study of fossils is called
cytology
herpatology
palaeontology
organic evolution
Which of the following era is known as 'Age of mammals'?
mesozoic
palaeozoic
coenozoic
psychozoic
The human evolution is studied under
geneology
palaeontalogy
anthropology
taxonomy
Darwin's finches are a good example of
industrial melanism
connecting link
adaptive radiation
convergent evolution
Lamarckism cannot explain
webbed toes in aquatic birds
weak muscles in the son of a wrestler
long narrow and limbless body of snakes
heterophylly
Australopithecus was evolved during
pliocene
early pleistocene
late pleistocene
middle pleistocene
A brief reduction in size of a population, due to natural calamities, usually leads to random genetic drift'. For this statement, identify the correct example from the following.
Human population of Pitcaim island
Polydactylic dwarfs in Amish population
Long- necked giraffe
Industrial melanism
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 useless change for man in the course of evolution, is
loss of tail
development of cranial capacity
development of being erect
development of opposable thumb