Question

Tell the names of
(a) A 15 mya primate that was ape-like
(b)A 2 mya primate that lived in East African grassland

Answer 1

The correct answers are - a) Dryopithecus and b) Australopithecines.

a) Dryopithecus - were the primates who existed almost 15 million years ago. They were ape-like as they had a lot of hair on their bodies and they walked around like the huge apes like the gorillas and the chimpanzees. They were known to exist during the late Miocene period in the Eurasian regions.

b) Australopithecines - were the ancient primates who were known to exist about 2 million years ago in the regions of the East African grasslands. Although they were known to eat a lot of fruit, they were also known to hunt using stones as weapons. Discovery shows that they were the intermediates of apes and humans.

Answer 2

a) Dryopithecus

Dryopithecus is found as fossils in Miocene and Pliocene deposits (23 to 2.6 million years old) and apparently originated in Africa. Several distinct forms of Dryopithecus are known, including small, medium, and large, gorilla-sized animals.

b) Australopithecine

Australopithecines are generally all species in the related Australopithecus and Paranthropus genera, and it typically includes Kenyanthropus, Ardipithecus, and Praeanthropus. All these related species are now sometimes collectively classified as a subtribe of the Hominini tribe called Australopithecina.