HUMAN SCIENCES

By Dilip. M. Salwai

Human Science is a term applied to the investigation of human life and human activities or it is an inter-disciplinary study of humans from the contrasting perspectives of the biological and social sciences and the connections between them.

1. Which fossil family does the famous female skeleton 'Lucy' belong to?

    Australopithecus afarensi

    Pithecanthropus

    Sinantbropus pekmensis

    Homo Neanderthalensis

2. Where were the fossils of Neanderthal man first found?

    Russia

    Tanzania

    France

    Germany

3. Which were the first hominids to bury their dead?

    Homo habilis

    Neanderthal

    Australopithecus

    Pithecanthropus

4. What would the modern man be referred to as?

    Homo habilis

    Homo sapien

    Homo sapien sapien

    Homo erectus

5. When was dog domesticated by man?

    20,000 B.C.

    12,000 B.C

    10,000 B.C.

    8,000 B.C.

6. When was pottery first made?

    4,000 B.C.

    5,000 B.C.

    6,000 B.C.

    7,000 B.C.

7. When was horse tamed by man?

    2,000 B.C

    1,500 B.C.

    1,000 B.C.

    500 B.C.

8. Who made a systematic classification of the human species into distinct races?

    Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

    R Wood Jones

    Raymond A. Dart

    Davidson Black

9. Of the following animals, which one was the last to be domesticated?

    Goat

    Dog

    Sheep

    Horse

10. Where were the fossils of Zinjauthropus, an early hominid, found?

    Africa

    China

    India

    Iran

11. Where was the 'Piltdown Man' hoax perpetuated?

    U.K.

    Germany

    Russia

    India

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