Question

The epoch of man in geological period is
A. Pliocene
B. Oligocene
C. Miocene
D. Pleistocene

Answer 1

Era is divided into period and period into epoch. Epoch is a subdivision of a period and covers a small time. Epoch is longer than a year but shorter than a period. The geographical era is divided into four eras 1.Cenozoic era 2. Mesozoic era 3.Paleozoic era 4. Precambrian era.

Step by step answer: The epoch of man in geographical period is Miocene. In the Miocene ancestor of humans arose and diversified. In the beginning of the Miocene apes arose and at the end of the Miocene ancestor of humans arose and spread over the world. The Miocene epoch comes under the Neogene period. The Neogene period is divided into Pliocene and Miocene. The Neogene period comes under the era.
So, the correct option is (C) Miocene
Additional Information: Precambrian is the first era. It marks the origin of first animals, oldest eukaryotic fossils, oxygen begins accumulating in the atmosphere, oldest definite fossils are known, and approximate origin of the earth. Humans found abundant fossils of various mammals in the Coenozoic era. In the late Miocene epoch Dryopithecus has risen to Ramapithecus. Rama word for the hero Indian legend and Pithecus use for ape. From the late Miocene to Pliocene Ramapithecus survived. The modern human is known as Homo sapiens appeared twenty-five thousand years ago. They cultivated plant and domesticated animals and spread all over the earth.

Note: Miocene is also known as the golden age of mammals. The end of the Oligocene marks the beginning of the Miocene. The origin of most mammalian orders arose in the Oligocene. After the Miocene epoch Pliocene comes. After Pliocene Pleistocene comes. Pleistocene marks the Ice ages when human appear.