Statement (A): | Change in gene frequency in a small population by chance is known as genetic drift. |
Statement (B): | When gene migration occurs between A and B population, gene frequencies change in both the populations. |
1. | Both statements (A) and (B) are correct |
2. | Both statements (A) and (B) are incorrect |
3. | Only statement (A) is correct |
4. | Only statement (B) is correct |
(a) | Homo erectus fossil was discovered in Java in 1981. |
(b) | The Neanderthal man lived in near east and central Africa between 75,000–10,000 years ago. |
(c) | Australopithecines were probably taller than 4 feet but did not walk upright. |
(d) | Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania. |
(A) | Thecodonts are extant ancestors of crocodiles and birds. |
(B) | Mammals have evolved from sauropsids. |
(C) | Snakes are closer to lizards than tuataras. |
(D) | Birds are closer to dinosaurs than crocodiles. |
1. | Karl Ernst von Baer | 2. | Ernst Haeckel |
3. | Charles Darwin | 4. | Lamarck |
Column-I | Column-II | ||
a. | Australopithecines | (i) | Probably ate meat |
b. | Homo erectus | (ii) | Walked like gorillas |
c. | Neanderthal man | (iii) | Hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruits |
d. | Ramapithecus | (iv) | (iv) Lived in near east and central Asia |
(a) | Seed ferns are common ancestors for Gnetales and cycads. |
(b) | Zosterophyllum are avascular land plants that evolved in the Silurian period. |
(c) | Lycopods are the oldest extant vascular land plants. |
(d) | Sphenopsids evolved from the group of plants to which Psilophyton belongs. |
Statement A: | Similarities in proteins and genes among diverse organisms indicates common ancestry. |
Statement B: | Humans and chimpanzees also show biochemical similarities. |