Question

Homo erectus evolved during

• A. Oligocene
• B. Pliocene
• C. Pleistocene
• D. Miocene

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Pleistocene

Answer 2

Homo erectus (upright man or straight man) lived from the end of Pliocene epoch to the later Pleistocene about 1.3 to 1.8 million years ago. The species originated in Africa and spread as far as India, China and Java. It walked erect over long legs, height 1.5-1.79 mt, brain size (cranial capacity) $775-1225\text{ }c{{m}^{3}},$ prognathus face with prominent brow ridges, no chinn, massive jaws and larger teeth. Use of tools made up of bones and stones, fire, acheulean hand axes and some primitive type of speech had developed.