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What is the estimated age of the earliest human settlement in India?
What is the estimated age of the earliest human settlement in India?
- 500,000 years ago
- 1.4 million years ago (correct)
- 11,700 years ago
- 10-14 million years ago
Where were the earliest human skulls, Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus, discovered?
Where were the earliest human skulls, Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus, discovered?
- Bori in Maharashtra
- Shivalik hills in the Potwar Plateau of Punjab in Pakistan (correct)
- Narmada Valley at Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh
- The alluvial plains of the Indus
What is the name given to the fossilized fragment of cranium discovered in Narmada Valley at Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh?
What is the name given to the fossilized fragment of cranium discovered in Narmada Valley at Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh?
- Narmada Man
- Homo Erectus Narmadensis (correct)
- Sivapithecus
- Ramapithecus
What is the approximate age of the Narmada fossil representing Homo Erectus?
What is the approximate age of the Narmada fossil representing Homo Erectus?
Where were the late Acheulean tools found in India?
Where were the late Acheulean tools found in India?