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Assertion : Cro-magnon man has more inte...

Assertion : Cro-magnon man has more intelligence than the man of present time.
Reason : He is regarded as most recent ancestor of today's man.

A

If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B

If both the assertion and reason are ture but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

C

If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D

If both the assertion and reason are false

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Dryopithecus africanus lived about 20-25 million years ago. It had frontly brodened jaws, semierecet posture and large canines. It was without browridges. It was arboral. Although it was ape-like but had arms and legs of the same length. Dryopithecus africanus is regarded as a common ancestor of man and great apes (orangutan, chimpanzee and gorilla). in lage miocene epoch Dryopithecus gave rise to Ramapithecus.
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